JOHANNESBURG - It thundered across the Eastern Cape skies at over 72,000km/h before splitting into fragments with most falling into the ocean off St Francis Bay.
It's the 'Nqweba Meteorite', named after the town where a fragment was recovered.
Kariega resident Elize du Toit (9) picked up the 90-gram space rock, saying it was still warm.
Scientists say it's a rare achondritic rock from the Howardite-Eucrite-Diogenite.
They will now conduct further studies to determine its chemical makeup and origin.
We find out more from Roger Gibson from the Wits School of Geosciences.