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LOUISE R. SHAW Clipper Staff Writer
The Davis Clipper
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The weight of a meteorite is surprising to Adelaide students, including Emily Bronson (holding meteorite) and Christian Reeves (left).
Photos by Louise R. Shaw | Davis Clipper
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BOUNTIFUL — The triangular meteorite had already traveled from outerspace to Argentina and from Argentina to Utah.
But the trip around the cafeteria at Adelaide Elementary had to be an adventure too.
Fourth, fifth and sixth graders oohed and aahed as they hefted the deceptively heavy piece of iron nickel they were told was 4.8 billion years old, though it had only been on the earth for 5,000 years.
To read more, check out the March 29 edition of the Davis Clipper