[MSN] Meteorite stolen from museum in Magadan, Russian Far East.

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Meteorite stolen from museum in Magadan, Russian Far East 
 12:48 | 09/ 06/ 2007  
 

VLADIVOSTOK, June 9 (RIA Novosti) - A chunk of a meteorite has been stolen
from a museum in the remote Magadan Region in Russia's Far East, a local
Interior Ministry spokesperson said Saturday.

Anna Chak said thieves broke into a history museum in the village of
Seimchan during the night and stole a part of the Seimchan meteorite. 

"A check is now being conducted," the spokesperson said. She said the
offenders may have been inspired by a recent TV program, which discussed the
high value of meteorites on the country's black market.

The first pieces of the Seimchan meteorite, which weighs over 7 kilograms
(15 pounds), were found in 1967 near the Seimchan gold mine in the Magadan
Region.

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