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Campos Sales - .520 grams

Campos Sales - .520 grams

Named Meteorites - A to M

Date: 03/11/2009
Size: 216 items
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Mifflin meteor falling over Wisconsin

Mifflin meteor falling over Wisconsin

On April 14th a fireball was captured by many cameras as well as National Weather Service radar - it exploded about 10,000 feet above the ground across Southwest Wisconsin

Date: 08/30/2010
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Mifflin - 2.65 grams

Mifflin - 2.65 grams

This fresh slice of the Mifflin meteorite gives a really good look at the interior of this newly classified specimen - it has the nicely brecciated texture of an L5 ordinary chondrite

Date: 08/30/2010
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Mifflin - 2.65 grams

Mifflin - 2.65 grams

The reverse side gives another view of the interesting clasts

Date: 08/30/2010
Views: 1662
Mifflin weather radar image

Mifflin weather radar image

Eric Wichman of MeteoritesUSA.com overlayed the weather radar image that was used to located the Mifflin strewnfield on the map he created of the finds - you can really see the value of the radar image!

Date: 08/30/2010
Views: 1726
Mifflin - 1.55 grams

Mifflin - 1.55 grams

Our second small fragment highlights the metal inclusions as well as the thickness and freshness of the crust

Date: 08/30/2010
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Mifflin - 1.55 grams

Mifflin - 1.55 grams

The reverse side of our second small fragment

Date: 08/30/2010
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Steve Arnold and Rob Wesel

Steve Arnold and Rob Wesel

Steve holds a 42 gram Mifflin stone that he found and Rob holds a 219.2 gram individual that he recovered - both were picked up just a few days after the meteorite fall was reported

Date: 08/30/2010
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Mifflin - .654 grams

Mifflin - .654 grams

This nice little part slice was cut from Steve Arnold's Mifflin stone

Date: 08/30/2010
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Mifflin - .654 grams

Mifflin - .654 grams

Another view of the part slice

Date: 08/30/2010
Views: 1810
Mifflin Strewnfield - Kumar Map

Mifflin Strewnfield - Kumar Map

This excellent map of the Mifflin Strewnfield was carefully created during the recovery efforts by Atul Kumar of the Calumet Astronomical Society and it had a direct impact on the search - a larger version can be obtained from him

Date: 08/30/2010
Views: 1805
Mifflin - .512 grams

Mifflin - .512 grams

This additional little part slice was also cut from Steve Arnold's Mifflin stone

Date: 08/30/2010
Views: 1735
Mifflin - .512 grams

Mifflin - .512 grams

Another view of the part slice

Date: 08/30/2010
Views: 1692
Mifflin Strewnfield - Wichman Map

Mifflin Strewnfield - Wichman Map

This additional map of the Mifflin Strewnfield was created by Eric Wichman of MeteoritesUSA.com in Google Earth - more deatils and information can be found on his website - including some downloadable files

Date: 08/30/2010
Views: 1804
Michael Cottingham in Wisconsin

Michael Cottingham in Wisconsin

Michael recovered several meteorites while hunting near Mifflin - these included a 51 gram hammer stone and another 60 gram individual - some of our sliced specimens we obtained from Michael

Date: 08/30/2010
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Mifflin - Assorted sizes

Mifflin - Assorted sizes

An assortment of smaller fragments and slices that we obtained from various sources - these are all different from the other individual pictured specimens

Date: 08/30/2010
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Champagne-Ardenne, France

Champagne-Ardenne, France

In July of 1994 a 45 kilogram rusted mass was found in the forest of Mont Dieu - since then about 360 kilograms in total have been recovered

Date: 05/06/2009
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Mont Dieu - 9.4 grams

Mont Dieu - 9.4 grams

Our slice has been classified as an iron meteorite that does not fit into any of the established chemical groups

Date: 01/01/2000
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Mont Dieu - 9.4 grams

Mont Dieu - 9.4 grams

This meteorite LIKES TO RUST!

Date: 01/01/2000
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Mosque in Agadez, Niger

Mosque in Agadez, Niger

On August 21, 1991 the 110 kilogram Mount Tazerzait meteorite was witnessed to fall by a seven-year-old Tuareg boy near the city of Agadez in the Republic of Niger

Date: 09/03/2009
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Mount Tazerzait - 7.2 grams

Mount Tazerzait - 7.2 grams

Our slice is classified as an L5 chondrite

Date: 09/03/2009
Views: 2077
na_Mount_Tazerzait_02

na_Mount_Tazerzait_02

A sample of this meteorite is included in the collection of the Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide in Siena, Italy

Date: 09/03/2009
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