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The fall of the Albareto's meteorite is documented in a document "Della caduta di un sasso dall'aria" of the natural philosopher Domenico Troili. Troili not realised the extraterrestrial origin of the phenomenon but provided with his treatise one of the first chronicles the fall of a meteorite. In addition to describing the phenomenon Troili carefully examined and noted the meteorite grains of a mineral similar to brass, which he called "marchesita" and that for long was thought to be pyrite (FeS2).
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Albareto, Modena ; 44° 41' N., 10° 27' E. ; fell 1766, 6 July, 17.00 hours.
Spherical olivine-hypersthene ehondrite. One stone of about 12 Kg.

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