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The tiny chunk

The celestial body, later named the Chelyabinsk meteorite, exploded above the city on February, 15, leaving about 1,500 injured, mostly due to glass shattered by the shockwave. Scientists said the space rock was a typical chondrite (non-metallic meteorite).
1 posted on 09/25/2013 1:27:15 AM PDT by rjbemsha
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To: rjbemsha

If they actually find it, that will be a very valuable chunk of rock. Meteor fragments, particularly those observed to fall and are documented, bring big bucks. Too bad it wasn’t iron. Expect “fakes”, though.


2 posted on 09/25/2013 5:27:36 AM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: rjbemsha

So... this isn’t at all related to whatever exploded above Siberia back in the early years of last century...?


3 posted on 09/25/2013 5:38:27 AM PDT by Jack Hammer (American)
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