COLLECTION
| Meteorite Name: | Allen |
| Location: | Collin County, Texas |
| Classification: | H4 Ordinary Chondrite |
| Witnessed Fall: | No |
| Date and Time: | Found 1923 |
| TKW: | 1407 grams |
| Remarks: |
A single stone was given to Oscar Monnig on indefinite loan by Mr. W. Chandler, a local farmer and the discoverer. The meteorite was found in
1923 in a plowed field about 4.5 miles northwest of Allen but was kept around the farm unrecognized as a meteorite until 1938, when the finder
contacted Monnig to identify it. Specimen M30.1 from the Oscar E. Monnig Collection is pictured below. |
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| 84.0 gram end half slice | |
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| Dr. Ehlmann's lab label on reverse | |
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| Monnig Collection OC paper | |