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Most of the 7 inch diameter Perth meteorite has been lost over the centuries. A lowly total of 2 grams is all that now remains.

A small stone fell on the field known as the North Inch at Perth on May 17, 1830. The only record of its fall that I have as yet been able to trace is that which accompanied two small specimens of the aerolite, and is in the handwriting of the late Dr. Thomson of Glasgow, in whose collection it was preserved. Mr. Nevill became the owner of the specimens, and presented one of them to the Museum. He very liberally also let me have a microscopic section cut from his own specimen.
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Meteorite rocks believed to be worth £1m found in potato field

A meteorite hunter has found meteorite rocks believed to be worth £1m at a potato field in Perthshire.
Robb Elliott set out in the hope of unearthing more fragments of the Perth meteorite, which fell on the city's North Inch in 1830 but instead, just a few miles further afield, he has made one of the UK's biggest finds.
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The Perth (LL5) meteorite fell in Scotland, UK, on the 17th May, 1830.
A total mass of 2 g was recovered.

56° 24'N, 3° 26'W 



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