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The rock reacted to a magnet, meaning it has the high content of iron found in meteorites, and it came with a charred-looking outer crust showing that it cooled and recrystallised after being heated in the atmosphere. The pea-sized pebble was made even smaller Wednesday, when it was cracked during testing.
Its texture and dark lavender and metallic colour is not like anything you’d expect to find naturally occurring in the Midwest.

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Defying what a local science professor calls "astronomical odds," what appears to be a pea-sized meteorite was found this summer on the green at the 14th hole at the Aurora Country Club, Illinois, US.

"The odds of anybody finding something like this around here or anywhere is pretty remote" - Mark Horrell, who has a PhD in geophysical science and teaches astronomy and astrophysics at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy.
On Wednesday, Horrell examined the extraterrestrial pebble and determined it "has all the hallmarks of a meteorite," but more conclusive tests will need to be conducted.
Golf course grounds superintendent John Gurke found the meteorite while doing his normal early morning scouting for turf disease or "anything out of the ordinary" at the course on the southwest side of Aurora. From afar, he noticed a burn mark about five inches in diameter "dead centre" of the green.

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