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Collection No. B298.1 -  A 483 gram individual spicule.

Provenance: Oscar E. Monnig; by transfer to [source withheld]; by transfer to Blaine Reed; by transfer to Robert Ward.

Specimen Notes: This individual bears the alphanumeric stamp "1W" and is part of the first set of meteorites officially cataloged by Monnig.

See also: Dave Gheesling's historic specimen and write-up on the first cataloged Monnig meteorite by clicking this text

See also: The Monnig Meteorite Collection Numbers Revisited, by Mignan and Reed by clicking this text.

Above: Alphanumeric "1W" shown (upside down). Monnig ground a flat surface then punched the code in. These Deports are the only known specimens to have this type of punched coding.