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Chondrite L6
Fall, May 11, 1855
Saarema Island, Estonia
Several stones weighing 6 kg
Photo shows a 45 g piece

Many people believe in apparitions of the Devil. To defend themselves from his mystical attacks, simple folk ground pieces of the Kaande meteorite into powder, then swallowed it; or carried pieces of the meteorite on their chests as amulets. People not only assured me of this in Kaande, but I myself saw and obtained several such amulets, kept by peasants and especially by peasant women.

A.F. Gebel, 1868

      
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