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Photo by Mike DeVries/The Capital Times
The meteor that lit up the sky of southern Wisconsin on April 14
and created an international buzz now has a name.
The Meteoritical Society has aptly named it the Mifflin Meteorite,
named after the town on which many of the pieces were found. The
area is about 65 miles west of Madison in Iowa County just south of
Montfort.
Have you read our other posts about the Mifflin Meteorite?
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April
30,
2010
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Nearly two weeks after a meteorite was spotted over southwestern Wisconsin, the search for potentially valuable fragments continues. But concern is growing over possible scams associated with pieces of the meteor.
Some meteorite fragments can be worth quite a bit of money, but some are concerned about out-of-towners who are looking to make a quick buck scamming inexperienced meteorite hunters.
Read the story at Channel3000.com
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April
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A Howard man found something which may turn out to be a meteorite from last week's fireball. If this is the case, the object could be worth thousands of dollars, according to experts.
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