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A slice of the Parnallee Meteorite that fell on February 28,1857 in Tamil Nadu, India.

Jon Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr: flic.kr/p/9EF8Ad

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A slice of the Parnallee Meteorite that fell on February 28,1857 in Tamil Nadu, India. Jon Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr

Parnallee

Parnallee is a LL3.6 chondrite that fell on Feb 28, 1857 in Tamil Nadu, India. Sonic booms preceded the fall of two stones around 12:00 noon. This is a beautiful meteorite that has an abundance of chondrules packed in the matrix.
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