Monte Milone (meteorite)

Monte Milone is meteorite that fell in 1846 in central Italy.

Monte Milone
Type	Chondrite
Class	Ordinary chondrite
Group	L5
Country	Italy
Region	Marche
Coordinates	43°16′N 13°21′E[1]
Observed fall	Yes
Fall date	May 8, 1846
TKW	3.13 kg

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).^[2]

Composition and classification

It is a L5 type ordinary chondrite.