*** KUZNETZOVO w/ fusion crust Meteorite Rare Fall from Russia Fell 1932
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KUZNETZOVO Novosibirsk Region, Russia Fell March 26, 1932 0.452 gram part slice with fusion crusted edge. Provenance of parent piece: Ex. Russian Academy of Sciences No. 219 A very rare Russian fall with only 4 kilograms preserved worlwide. Kuznetzovo has a fantastic story which I have written about below: Anexcerpt from Dravert's report: "On May 26, 1932, between 5 and 6 p.m., with the sky absolutely cloudless, a large bolide passed from west to east over the neighbourhood of Kuznetzovo. Its passage was accompanied by a buzzing noise which lasted for some time and resembled the sound of a flying aeroplane. Then were heard at short intervals deafening detonations resembling the firing of big guns. Some people counted ten detonations, others heard fewer. In the sky there appeared a small dark cloud with three times the apparent diameter of the moon, and several stones fell on the surface of the earth. The front part of the air-wave produced by the pasage of the meteorite caused a brief whirlwind which rocked the tops of birch trees in a small wood near the village. It was also noted that the ground shook, window panes rattled, and hanging articles began to swing." Near the south-east portion of the village, an eleven year boy named Michael Ivanov and his mother, Natalya, both witnessed a rotating black object in the air. The boy
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