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UK Meteorite Fall 28 February

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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.webp Meteorite2.webp Meteorite3.webp
 
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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