* Astronomy

A southerly moving meteorite was seen to fall from a cloudless sky near the Rio Taquari just north of Encantado. After detonations were followed by rapid machine gun-like sounds, a single meteoritic stone was recovered. The meteorite contains distinct chondrules found within a surrounding matrix of usually transparent, granular microcrystalline material with occasional regions of turbid glass. Chondrule textures vary considerably.
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