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HOBA's largest one-piece meteorite was discovered shortly before 1920 at the Hoba West farm in northern Namibia. Known as 'Hoba meteorite', this im block is an iron-nickel alloy with a rectangular peform of 3 x 3 x 1 meters and a weight that exceeds 61. 000 kilos . It was described shortly after its discovery by scientist Jacobus Hermanus Brits, whose original 1920 report can be seen at the Grootfontein Museum in Namibia, South Africa.

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