KAINSAZ

Specimen weight: 397.3 grams

Complete stone

This CO3 Carbonaceous chondrite fell in Muslyumov, Tatarstan Republic, Russia on September 13, 1937 at 2:15 pm. A shower of 15 stones fell, the largest weighing 102 kilograms. Total known weight is ~200 kilograms. This stone was found recently by Russian meteorite hunters who have gone back to the strewnfield to fine more. They found this one and one other small stone. It looks like it fell yesterday!