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Number of individual specimens: 2
Total weight: 2.6 kg
Circumstances of find: A bright fireball was seen over western Kweichow province travelling from SW to NE. Between September 15 and 31 a search for meteoritic fragments by 744 volunteers resulted in the recovery of two stones.
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The Qingzhen (EH3) meteorite fell in Guizhou, China, on the 13th September, 1976.
A total mass of 2.6 kg was recovered.

26° 32'N, 106° 28'E



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