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| Basic information | Name: Ethiudna This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1977 Country: Australia Mass:  74.32 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 2062 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 57:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE ETHIUDNA, AUSTRALIA, STONE METEORITE Name: ETHIUDNA Place of find: 6.8 km NNW. of Ethiudna Hill and NW. of Plumbago Station, County Lytton, South Australia, Australia. 31°59'S., 139°46'E. Date of find: February 20, 1977. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 74.318 kg. Circumstances of find: Found on a flat, loamy plain by Michael J.W. Larret. Most of the meteorite is crusted. Possibly related to Crocker's Well, which was found 6.5 km away. The mass is in the possession of the finder. Source: M.J.F. Fitzgerald, Department of Geology, University of Adelaide, Box 498, G.P.O., Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 57, Meteoritics 15, 93-104 (1980)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 241 approved meteorites from South Australia, Australia (plus 3 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters) This is 1 of 719 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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