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Is the "meteorite" in front of the Randolph County Courthouse a celestial body or just a piece of granite?
According to local legend it fell from the night sky in July 1859 and was retrieved by two locals. For generations, people in Randolph County have believed in the rock's otherworldly origin, but experts think it's likely it was formed in the bowels of the earth.
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University of Arkansas geologists informed the locals that the rock is definitely NOT a meteorite decades ago, but the locals refuse to retract their tourist attraction!
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It is not a meteorite. And I don't think it is a hoax, just a case of mis-identification. 

http://meteorite-identification.com/pocahontas.html

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 There was a fire in the skies over Randolph County in July 1859.
A thousand-pound meteor, the largest ever to be found in Arkansas, dropped from the heavens into an embankment near a channel between a small lake and the Black River.
The meteor is now on display in the Randolph County Courthouse.

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