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In the year 1751, the Hraschina meteorite exploded out of the sky with a loud, booming crash around 6:00 in the evening on May 26th. Witnessed described a fireball that exploded into two pieces with a detonation rumbling the countryside.
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Hraschina is the official name of an iron meteorite that fell in 1751 near the Hraina village in Hrvatsko Zagorje, Croatia. This meteorite is important because it was the first fall of an iron meteorite viewed and reported by a significant number of witnesses, despite its low remaining total known weight. The Hraschina meteorite also proved that rocks really can "fall from the skies".
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The Hraschina (Iron) meteorite fell in Croatia, on the 26th May, 1751.
A total mass of 49 kg was recovered.

46° 6'N, 16° 20'E 



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