Double discovery raises South Africa’s tally of confirmed meteorites to 51 – the highest in sub-Saharan Africa.
Unusual finds by South African farmer add to space rock heritage
Meteorites – fragments of rock that have fallen to Earth from space in spectacularly fiery meteors – have been the subject of public fascination, awe, myths (https://theconversation.com/how-ancient-cultures-explained-comets-and-meteors-100982) and even religious worship (https://owlcation.com/social-sciences/The-Worship-of-Meteorites-in-Ancient-Cultures) for thousands of years...
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