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KARAKOL

Chondrite LL6
Fall, May 9, 1840
Kazakhstan, Semipalatinsk region
One stone weighing 2.7 kg


The weather was clear and fine and only small clouds were in the sky. Suddenly we heard a strong report and then a sharp noise and whistle. At the place of the fall a thin smoke rose. The Kirghiz were scared and went to the place only half an hour later. A meteorite was buried into the soil three-fourths of an arshin deep. Later when we took it out of the soil it was still warm and had a sulfur smell.

Samsonov, merchant of Semipalatinsk, 1840.


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