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RE: Strathmore Meteorite

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The Strathmore fall consists of 4 seperate fragments which landed in different locations along the SE to NW path of the meteorite. The total recovered was 13.3kg, but the largest fragment at Easter Essendy was 10kg, with the other 3 fragments having similar weights of about 1kg.
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The Strathmore Meteorite

This is one of the fragments of a meteorite that crashed into Tayside on December 3rd 1917. It was a cold clear winters day and many people in the East of Scotland witnessed the meteor, at around 1pm, enter the atmosphere east of Dunbar. The meteorite broke up as it passed over the Sidlaw Hills. Four different fragments were found along a five mile line from Corston in Angus to Essendy in Perthshire.
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The Strathmore (L6) meteorite fell in Scotland, on the 3rd December, 1917.
A total mass of 13.4 kg was recovered.

56° 35'N, 3° 15'W

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Dundee the new home for four-billion-year-old Strathmore Meteorite

Leisure and Culture Dundee has been revealed as the successful bidder for a piece of the Strathmore Meteorite, which recently came up for auction in Edinburgh.
The National Fund for Acquisitions covered half the £3,200 auction price and Dundee museums staff are now preparing a suitable display to show off their latest treasure to the public next year.
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Strathmore meteorite:
Fell: 1:15pm, 3rd December 1917.
Type: L6
Following a fireball four stones fell: Easter Essendy (10.1kg), Carsie (1.1kg), Keithick (1.1kg) and South Corston (1.0kg).

56° 35'N, 3° 15'W