The Twannberg meteorite is a hexahedrite iron meteorite. It is the only meteorite of the IIG group found in Europe and the largest meteorite ever found in Switzerland.
The first fragment ) was found on 9 May 1984 in a barley field near Twann, after it had been ploughed . Two additional fragments were found in an unnatural setting. One fragment was found 2000 in an attic in Twann and another in 2005 in the Naturhistorisches Museum Bern, in a collection received from the Museum Schwab in Biel where it had been labeled as hematite around 1930. Twannberg IV, V and VI were found in the creek Twannbach.
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