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Erldunda
Basic information Name: Erldunda
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1992
Country: Australia
Mass:help 190 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 77  (1994)  H5
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11568 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
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Writeup from MB 77:

Erldunda

Northern Territory, Australia

Found 1992

Ordinary chondrite (H5)

Four fragments weighing 190 g total were found. Classification and analysis: olivine Fa19.6, weathering grade W5; Charles F. Lewis, Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA, and Frank Wlotzka, Max-PlanckInstitut fur Chemie, D-55122 Mainz, Germany. Main mass and information: Blaine Reed, 907 County Road 207 #17, Durango, Colorado 81301, USA.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 77, Meteoritics 29, 891-897 (1994)
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Geography:

Australia
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (25° 17' 47"S, 133° 12' 0"E)
     Recommended::   (25° 17' 47"S, 133° 12' 0"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 10.7 m apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 13 approved meteorites from Northern Territory, Australia (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 10 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 719 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters)
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