Khatyrka, a new CV3 find from the Koryak Mountains

• Main Authors: Glenn J. Macpherson, Christopher L. Andronicos, Luca Bindi, Vadim V. Distler, Michael P. Eddy, John M. Eiler, Yunbin Guan, Lincoln S. Hollister, Er Kostin, Valery Kryachko, William M. Steinhardt, Marina Yudovskaya, Paul J. Steinhardt
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Khatyrka; Chukotka; Chukotka Autonomous Okrug; Koryak; Siberia
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.679.1962; http://wwwphy.princeton.edu/%7Esteinh/maps12170.pdf

Abstract–A new meteorite find, named Khatyrka, was recovered from eastern Siberia as a result of a search for naturally occurring quasicrystals. The meteorite occurs as clastic grains within postglacial clay-rich layers along the banks of a small stream in the Koryak Mountains, Chukotka Autonomous O...