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It is an iron meteorite weighing 11.84 kilograms, with textbook "regmaglypts" or thumbprint-like depressions on its surface caused by atmospheric melting.
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Fireball observations from Saskatchewan prior to 1960 

Mr. J. Lapinski states in a letter dated at Leofeld, March 18, 1917, that on the day mentioned [January 29, 1914] he heard a loud noise resembling thunder, but much more intense, coming from the north-west and travelling toward the south-east. 
Horses, cattle, sheep and pigs were startled by it and the house dog manifested much uneasiness.
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The Annaheim (Iron, IAB-sLL) meteorite was discovered by a farmer, William Huiras whilst mowing hay in his field about 10 km north of Annaheim, Saskatchewan, Canada on the on the 30th July 1916. It was linked to a fireball reported in the area on the 29th January 1914.

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52° 20'N, 104° 52'W



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