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What ever happened to the meteorite?
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Fragments must have been recovered, for its type was determined. The article above, about the surprise of its having reached the ground, talks as if if may well have broken up and hit the ground as pieces.
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Expedition tale and fragment pictures at Meteoriteguy site)
If the article reproduced in this blog is right, the pieces may be unrecoverable:
Fireballs and Meteorites - SOTT.NET 2008 March 3
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Sadly, the meteorite, or what remains of it, may never be recovered. Chondrites tend to ionize and dissolve in water, and as I write this, the rainy season is arriving in southeastern Peru.
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I'm finding it hard to find out about eventual results on the Web because so many fanciful recounts of the meteorite were generated when it hit. I may try later by focusing on meteor experts.