meteorite
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Russian investigators have prevented a giant meteorite fragment being smuggled to Britain disguised as a garden ornament, the Federal Customs Service reported Thursday.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
The huge specimen weighing more than 2.5 tonnes is believed to have come from the Aletai meteorite, one of the largest known iron meteorites on Earth, it said.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
He also notes that ICE-CSIC serves as the international repository for NASA's Antarctic meteorite collection.
From Science Daily • Dec. 25, 2025
Carbonaceous chondrites arrive on Earth naturally, but they account for only about 5% of all meteorite falls.
From Science Daily • Dec. 25, 2025
He thinks it is likely a large meteorite.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
