Rare meteorite fragment found in Eastern Cape provisionally named the ‘Nqweba’

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This meteorite fall in the Eastern Cape sparked a collaborative scientific investigation that involved researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand, Nelson Mandela University and Rhodes University. (Supplied)

At 8.51am on 25 August, residents from as far afield as the Garden Route, the Karoo, the Western Cape and the Free State saw a bright blue-white and orange streak of light moving through the sky. 

The meteorite, after splitting into several smaller fragments, disappeared…



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