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California: Tiny Meteorites Found In US After Fireball


Sky News – “Tiny meteorites weighing about the same as a 50p piece have been found in northern California following a giant fireball that exploded over the US.

The miniature rocks were found in the Sierra foothills by Robert Ward of Prescott, Arizona, who has been hunting and collecting meteorites around the world for more than 20 years.

Mr Ward found the first piece on Tuesday morning in between a baseball field and a park on the edge of the town of Lotus.

He ‘instantly knew’ it was a rare meteorite known as ‘CM’ – carbonaceous chondrite – based in part on the ‘fusion crusts from atmospheric entry’ on one side of the rock, he said.” Read more.

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