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> > A curious find
> > Wednesday, 8 December 2004
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> > "I THINK I might have a few pieces of the meteorite."
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> > An excited Dianne Slaven contacted the Times yesterday morning, after she and her sons collected
> > some curiosities in their Wingham yard.
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> > "I remembered kicking this black rock off the path. It wasn't until I went to squash last night that
> > I heard people talking about what had happened. 
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> > "When I went home I again found the rock, and the kids found two more on the lawn."
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> > The fragments have all the telltale signs of coming from anywhere but local.
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> > They are misshapen, and leave sooty marks on your hands.
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> > The largest measures about 10cms, the smallest is about 5cm.
> >
> > They weren't embedded in the ground, as one would expect if they had hurtled from the sky after
> > Monday morning's meteor 'explosion' over the Manning.
> >
> > Dianne and her sons admit to sleeping through the commotion which woke most Manning residents
> > shortly after 4.15am.
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> > Yesterday, the Times had a local amateur astronomer, Peter Langdown, check the pieces the family
> > collected.
> >
> > Peter told Dianne he believed the pieces could possibly be from a meteor and has recommended she get
> > in touch with the Sydney Observatory, which will conduct tests to determine their origin.
> >
> > Even if they can't be authenticated, young Mitchell (10), Reece (eight) and Jai (five) will
> > certainly have something interesting to take to 'show and tell' at Wingham Public School.
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> >         Further investigation required: Dianne Slaven with the rocks she found after the meteorite blasted through Manning skies on Monday morning. They will now go to Sydney for further investigation.
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