..one of those childhood memories - a very special rock on our patio, that I as a child had to use both hands picking it up. And one of the things I could not at that stage forgive my father for - giving it away to the "right" authorities for safekeeping and research..'our' meteorite!

It must have weighed a few kilograms, was roughly shaped on the outside, with a rough molten-in sand like texture and a dark brown and yellowy mottled appearance.

Whether it was really a meteorite I can't tell, as I left home nearly half a century ago and it was not one of the subjects that came up during my visits!