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Revisiting the fall of the Veramin meteorite
Department of Geosciences, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, 104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
Ataollah Hassani
History Department, Shahid Beheshti University, 1983969411 Tehran, Iran
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Short summary
The meteorite "Veramin" fell in Persia ca. 1880. In the records, there are ambiguities about the event and the available sources were scrutinized in this review. The current official name, coined by meteoricist A. Brezina, is not supported by Iranian sources. A key document is a rediscovered label with the main mass of the meteorite. The indicated place of the event, probably occurring in February–April 1880, is Booghin of in the historical Zarand district, 100 km NW from Veramin (Varamin).
The meteorite "Veramin" fell in Persia ca. 1880. In the records, there are ambiguities about the...