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Accession No 1805.357
Name/Title MOKOIA METEORITE
Primary Prod Date 26 Nov 1908
Primary Prod Period 20th century
Primary Prod Place Mokoia/South Taranaki/Aotearoa/New Zealand
Measurement Reading 13.5 x 14.5 x 8cm
10 x 6.5 x 7cm
Credit Line Two pieces from the main specimen of a rare form of meteorite that fell on the South Taranaki coast on 26 November 1908. Made from carbonaceous chondrite, an organic form of carbon, it was only the fourth ever meteorite seen to fall in New Zealand, and it created much international interest.
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