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| Basic information | Name: Midland This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1960 Country: Canada Mass:  34 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 102 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as Iron. [show all] Search for other: Iron meteorites, Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 50:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE MIDLAND, ONTARIO, IRON METEORITE Name: MIDLAND Place of find: Shores of Midland Bay, Simco County, Ontario, Canada. 44° 45'N, 79° 53'W. Date of find: About 1960, recognized 1964. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 34 g Circumstances of find: The meteorite was reported as being found on the shores of Midland Bay. It was sent to the Geological Survey of Canada and acquired for the Canadian National Meteorite Collection. Source: Dr. J. A. V. Douglas, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 50, Meteoritics 6, 111-124 (1971)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 16 approved meteorites from Ontario, Canada (plus 5 impact craters) This is 1 of 67 approved meteorites from Canada (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 31 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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