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Meteorite Found In Sierra Foothills
Pieces Of Flaming Meteor Found In Lotus
Chris Riva/KCRA
POSTED: 9:26 pm PDT April 25, 2012
UPDATED: 7:50 am PDT April 26, 2012



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LOTUS, Calif. (KCRA) -- Researchers believe tiny meteorites found in the Sierra foothills of Northern California were part of a giant fireball that exploded over El Dorado County on Sunday.
Professional meteorite hunter Robert Ward found two 10-gram rocks along the road in Lotus on Tuesday.

"This is the find of a lifetime," said Ward on Wednesday. "This is only the third time a meteorite has been witnessed to fall in California in recorded history."

Ward, of Prescott, Ariz., has been hunting and collecting meteorites around the world for more than 20 years.

Ward said he "instantly knew" it was a rare meteorite known as CM -- carbonaceous chondrite -- a rare rock that is older than the sun.

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