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Georgiaite Teardrop

This particularly fine Georgiaite teardrop is pictured in two Georgia mathematics textbooks. It was found January 25, 2003 near Riddleville, Washington County, Georgia, almost exactly 500 miles southwest of the generally accepted 34.5 ma impact site in what is now Chesapeake Bay, Virginia. A little over 2000 Georgiaites are known with a total weight in the neighborhood of 12 kg. 17.9 gms, 53.1 mm X 22.4 mm X 14 mm. Flawless skin. (author’s personal collection).

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