* Astronomy

Name : SAINT-CHINIAN.
The place of fall or discovery: near Camprafaud and Sorteilho in the proximity of Saint-Chinian, Depart­ment of Hérault, France.
Date of fall or discovery: FALL, December 25, 1959, between 15.4 and 15.5 hrs.
Class and type: STONY, chondrite, crystalline.
The number of individual specimens: 2 found.
Total weight: 134.3 g.
The circumstances of the fall or discovery: the fall of the meteorite was accompanied by the flight of a bright bolide which left dust train. The sound of a clap and rumbling were heard and 1-3 minutes after the bolide disappeared. the sound of the meteorites striking the earth was heard. The bolide was observed by many eyewitness. One of them saw the meteorite weighing 77 g fall near Camprofo and another, the meteorite weighing 57.3 g near Sorteilho.
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