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Unusual rock in Le Sueur has telling signs of a meteorite

A strange rock discovered in Sibley County two years ago was recently confirmed a meteorite - and thats sparked a renewed interest in a rare rock found more than a 100 years ago near Henderson.



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Rock found by Minnesota farmer is confirmed meteorite

A Sibley County farmer has confirmed that a rock he found two years ago is a rare meteorite.
Bruce and Nelva Lillenthal recently took the 33 pound object to the curator of meteorites at the University of Minnesota in St. Paul.

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On April 9, 1894, about 4 o'clock in the afternoon a peculiar rumbling sound startled the people of Fisher in Polk County, in the Red River Valley, northwestern Minnesota.
In July of the same year while making hay on a meadow in Sec. 23, R. 49, T. 150, a stone was found which had embedded itself in the sod a few inches from the force of its fall, the impact of the mass having also turned back the turf in all directions around it. There being no drift bowlders [sic] in the region on the surface, this was at once connected with the rumbling noise.
On examination it proved to be a chondritic meteoric stone. Its weight was about 9.5 pounds and it was entirely covered with the usual black crust.

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The Arlington (Iron, IIE-an) meteorite fell on Minnesota, USA, on the 9 April, 1894.
A total weight of 8.94 kg was recovered.

Latitude: 44° 36'N, Longitude: 94° 6'W



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