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A slice of the Chajari Meteorite that fell on November 29, 1933 in Argentina.

Jon Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr: flic.kr/p/azyDug

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A slice of the Chajari Meteorite that fell on November 29, 1933 in Argentina. Jon Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr

Chajari

This rarely seen L5 fell on November 29, 1933, in Entre Rios, Argentina. A single stone weighing 18.3 kgs was found buried in the ground at a depth greater than 1 meter. Most of this material remains in Argentina. This partial slice weighs 8.
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