A GREAT METEORITE.
FALL IN BALUCHISTAN.
(bt oabmt—ebbss absociatiqk--<!opybig:ht.) (austbalian and h.z. cable association.) DELHI, February 26.
, Quetta, Baluchistan, reports the fall of a tremendous meteorite, weighing six tons, with a total volume of 500 cubio feet. The meteorite hit a baled strawstaok, penetrating 23 tightlypapked layers' at an angle of 45 degrees, Its arrival was observed in broad daylight. The track of the meteorite appeared as a broad straight ribbon of light, the fall terminating in a deafening thunderclap. The head of the meteorite is of elate grey igneous rook, marked with spots and veins of turquoise blue. Then oorries a quantity of jet black, iighly gkzed slag, resemblins Hlaok voloanio lava. Finally there is #quantity of, material resembling grey ooke. Curiously, there are no traces of iron, which are a common feature of small meteorites.
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17700, 28 February 1923, Page 9
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137A GREAT METEORITE. Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17700, 28 February 1923, Page 9
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