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| Basic information | Name: Millarville This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1977 Country: Canada Mass:  15.64 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 86 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, IVA. [show all] Search for other: Iron meteorites, IVA irons, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 56:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE MILLARVILLE, CANADA, IRON METEORITE Name: MILLARVILLE Place of find: Approximately 30 km SW of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 50°47'50"N., 114°18'34"W. Date of find: April 28, 1977, 0830 hrs. Class and type: Iron. Structurally anomalous (IVA). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 15.636 kg Circumstances of find: Found by Mr. C.E. Hayward while ploughing a newly cleared field. Source: D.W. Harvey, Department of Geology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, T2N 1N4. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 56, Meteoritics 14, 161-175 (1979)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 18 approved meteorites from Alberta, Canada (plus 3 impact craters) This is 1 of 68 approved meteorites from Canada (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 31 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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