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This is NWA 14488

The sky rained a shower of fireballs into the forest of the Sikhote-Alin Mountains

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Meteoritical Bulletin

Vietnam Tektite 28.78g Carbonado This is NWA 14488Tektites are still poorly understood. They are irregularly and at times intricately shaped nodules and blobs of a glassy substance. They have no crystal structure, and are therefore similar to obsidian, but are not associated with volcanic processes. Their chemistry is unique and somewhat unexplained. The leading theory concerning their origin is the "Meteorite Impact Theory". It is postulated that many odd events occur during a meteor's impact

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