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COLLECTION
Meteorite Name: Millen
Location: Georgia
Classification: H4 Chondrite
Witnessed Fall: No
Date and Time: Found 1975
TKW: 40.8 kilograms
Remarks:
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, Atlanta, Georgia. The second specimen was found about three months later, in late June at the edge of the same field by Wendell Bell. Both specimens are now at the Division of Meteorites, Smithsonian Institution.
   
Collection Photos
 
10.6 gram part slice
10.6 gram part slice
 
Detail of 7.5 x 5.0 mm partially armored pyroxene
Detail of 7.5 x 5.0 mm partially armored pyroxene
 

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