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Hoba meteorite, Grootfontein, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia

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Hoba iron meteorite.

Hoba meteorite, Grootfontein, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia

Hoba iron Ataxite IVB. Found 1920, Grootfontein, Namibia, Africa. Total weight 60 tons. It is the largest meteorite specimen still known. Near stand wellknown Russian systematic collector and mineral dealer from St. Petersburg - Mikhail N. Murashko. Winter of 2007.
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