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| Basic information | Name: Millen This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1975 Country: United States Mass:  40.8 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6434 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 55:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE MILLEN, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: MILLEN Place of find: 4.6 miles northeast of Millen, Jenkins County, Georgia, USA. 32°50'7"N., 81°52'26"W. Date of find: 1975 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H4). Number of individual specimens: 2 Total weight: 40.8 kg Circumstances of find: The first specimen was found by Melvin Bell during spring ploughing. It was identified as a meteorite by B.J. O'Connor, Department of Natural Resources, Altanta, Georgia. The second specimen was found about three months later, in late June at the edge of the same field by Wendel Bell. Both specimens are now at the Division of Meteorites, Smithsonian Institution. Source: Roy S. Clarke, Jr., Division of Meteorites, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 55, Meteoritics 13, 327-352 (1978)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 26 approved meteorites from Georgia, United States This is 1 of 1896 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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