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A-bomb Artifacts

ID Code 5302-0003
Artifact Name Teppeiseki (two pyroxene andesite)
Donor Hiroshima University
Receiving Date 1975/05/20
Size (W×H×D) (mm) 305×150×25
Distance from the Hypocenter(m) 40
Number 1
Location Peace Memorial Park vicinity
Description This stone was on a concrete wall at Sei Hospital directly below the epicenter. The surface melted, becoming black and glassy. Bits of the stone burst loose, turned over, then fused again when it cooled.

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