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Лазарев

LAZAREV

Iron An-Om
Find, 21.01.1961
Antarctica, Queen Maude Land
2 stones weighing 8 kg and 2 kg
Photo shows a 1720 g piece

This meteorite was found by geologists M.G. Ravich and B.I. Revnov, participants of the 6th Soviet Antarctic expedition, during a geological study of the southern ridges of the Humboldt Mountains in the central part of Queen Maude Land. The meteorite was in a small foothold covered by chips of sandstone. Lazarev was the first find of an iron meteorite in Antarctica.

      
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