[meteorite-list] Researchers Find Possible Meteorite Fragments in Russia

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            Researchers Find Meteorite Fragments In Altai
            
            RIA Novosti
            
            May 8, 2007
            
            
            A group of Russian researchers looking for a meteorite that fell in 
            
            January in the Altai Territory in southern Siberia has found an 
            
            extraterrestrial substance which could be meteorite fragments, a 
            
            coordinator said Monday. "We have collected about 50 samples, and 
            vitreous threads (traces of comet substance) were discovered in the 
            
            first of them using a microscope," Vadim Chernobrov of Kosmopoisk 
            (space search) said.
            
            
  "We will reach the meteorite site in a few days, but rocks which are 
            probably meteorite fragments have already been found," Chernobrov 
            said.
            
            
            He said only laboratory testing could establish the rocks' origin, 
            
            adding that there were many volunteers involved in the operation 
            
            from Moscow, Novosibirsk, Kostroma and local areas. He said all 
            
            finds will be given to a museum.
            
            
            Earlier, it was reported that January 10, local motorists and 
            
            residents witnessed the impact of a fiery ball, which eventually 
            
            ended in a loud sound resembling an explosion.
            
            
  "Witnesses called us. This must have been a meteorite," a senior 
            scientist from the Barnaul planetarium said.
            
            
            Natalya Pavlova said that since a fallen meteorite was discovered in 
            
            
            1840, some 20 meteorites, including 4 in the 21st century, have been 
            
            registered in the area.