Group L5 | Observed fall Yes | |
Monte Milone is meteorite that fell in 1846 in central Italy.
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History
Monte Milone fell on 8 May 1846, in Pollenza in the central Italian region of Marche. It was found by the mineralogist Giovanni Strüver and then bought and described by Monsignor Lavinio de' Medici Spada(1846).
Composition and classification
It is a L5 type ordinary chondrite.
References
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