COLOSSAL METEORITE.
TALL IN DAYLIGHT. WO TRACE OF MINERALS. (Received 0.30 a.m.) DELHI, February 2t>. From Quetta, in Beluchistan, comes * report of the fall of a tremendous meteorite weighing six tons and of a total volume of 500 cubic feet. It hit a baled strawstaek, penetrating 23 tightly packed layers of straw at an angle of 45 degrees. Its arrival was observed in broad daylight. The meteorite appeared au a broad, straight ribbon of light, terminating in a deafening thunderclap.
The head of the meteorite was of •late-grey igneous rock, heavy, and marked with spots and veins of turquoise blue. Then came a quantity of jet black, highly-glazed slag, resembling black volcanic lava, and finally there is a quantity of material resembling grey coke. CuriousLy, there are no traces of iron,- which is a common feature of imall meteorites.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 49, 27 February 1923, Page 5
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