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Mysteries1908 Tunguska eventArtifactsJohn's Stone, a quartzite boulder on Stoykovich MountainJohn's Stone, a quartzite boulder on Stoykovich Mountain: photo
CPY0D4ECXAE17EX·Copy · object

John's Stone, a quartzite boulder on Stoykovich Mountain: photo

PhotographCC BY 4.0Found 19 July 1972Copy of John's Stone, a quartzite boulder on Stoykovich Mountain
John's Stone, a quartzite boulder on Stoykovich Mountain: photo
John's Stone, a quartzite boulder on Stoykovich Mountain: photo

A microscope thin section of a fragment, described on Commons as metamorphic, terrestrial rock.

Cmbrenneisen58 (Wikimedia Commons), 1972. CC BY 4.0

Copies 1

PhotoCmbrenneisen58 (Wikimedia Commons) · commons.wikimedia.org · 2008-05-08 · CC BY 4.02 steps from the original

Where it was made

1Tunguska epicentre200 km1200 km

Sources 1

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Mysteries Department. (2026). John's Stone, a quartzite boulder on Stoykovich Mountain: photo [Copy CPY0D4ECXAE17EX]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/CPY0D4ECXAE17EX
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