UK Meteorite Fall 28 February

Red-Coat

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Just to offer encouragement for would-be meteorite hunters, but also to reinforce how difficult it can be to recognise them, fragments from the 28 February witnessed fall over Gloucestershire in the UK have just been recovered at the village of Winchcombe:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/science...scovered-Gloucestershire-months-fireball.html

Largest piece found so far is 300g. It's a carbonaceous chondrite too (and would fail the so-called 'magnet test' that keeps being touted).

Meteorite1.jpg Meteorite2.jpg Meteorite3.jpg
 

Molewacker

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That is way cool - glad specimens were found!

I have a big pasture which would welcome a strike (not too large please)
 

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