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Each year more than 30 meteorites fall on British soil, yet only 20 have ever been found.
Rob Elliot, a "hunter" renowned worldwide discovered one of only four ever found in Scotland - the Glenrothes meteorite, which he found in July 1998.
He also discovered the Hambleton meteorite in North Yorkshire in 2005, an extremely rare pallasite meteorite containing semi-precious gemstones. Weighing in at 43 lbs, it was the second biggest space rock to hit the UK.

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