(ECNS) -- A fireball streaked across the sky over northern China on Friday evening. Meteorite fragments fell onto farmland in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province. Meteorite hunter Yu Bin rushed to the area to search for the fragments.
On Sunday, despite light rain, people were still digging near an impact crater in the fields. Yu found a meteorite weighing about 20 kilograms at a local farmer's home. He said it was likely the largest surviving piece of the object that produced the fireball.
Metallic grains were visible on the meteorite's fractured surface. Yu said the grains could explain the fireball's multicolored glow.
Yu plans to negotiate with the farmer to buy the meteorite. He also plans to donate some of the recovered fragments to the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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