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| Basic information | Name: Mills This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1970 Country: United States Mass:  88 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6544 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 51:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE MILLS, NEW MEXICO, STONY METEORITE Name: MILLS Place of find: Mills, Harding County, New Mexico. 36° 4'N, 104° 15' W. Date of find: 1970 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 6 fragments Total weight: 88 kg Circumstances of find: A fragment brought to ranch house by the wife of the ranch owner proved to be a meteorite. Two large and four small fragments of what must have been one large stone were recovered. It was not possible, however, to fit the fragments together. Source: Glenn I Huss, American Meteorite Laboratory, Denver, Colorado 80201. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 51, Meteoritics 7, 215-232 (1972)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 228 approved meteorites from New Mexico, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1894 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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