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Terje Fjeldheim, a geologist who acknowledges that he "knows a bit about rocks," was out fishing in the mountains of Setesdal, southern Norway, when he stumbled upon what's believed to be a meteorite weighing four-and-a-half kilos. That would make it the largest meteorite found in Norway in the last 100 years.
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Meteorite races to earth (Norway) and 4,5 kilo of it now found on earth

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While fishing in the Setesdal moors in Valle last Sunday, 9th June, Terje Fjeldheim found Norwa's 16th meteorite. Terje discovered it in a peat bog and being a geologist he immediately understood what he had found. Yesterday, 14th June, he brought the stone to the Museum of natural history in Oslo and experts verified that it is indeed a meteorite, a chondrite, possibly an H chondrite, but a formal classification has not yet been completed. It broke in two pieces upon impact weighing 3637 and 829 grammes. Total weight 4466 grammes.
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The Setesdal (H5) meteorite was found in Setesdalsheiene Valle, Norway, on the 9th June 2013. 

A total mass of 4.466 kg was recovered.

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