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Hughes 001
Basic information Name: Hughes 001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1990
Country: Australia
Mass:help 379 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 72  (1992)  LL6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2923 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB72
  Table 9
  Line 3:
Date:1990
Latitude:30°27'S
Longitude:129°30'E
Mass (g):379
Pieces:24
Class:LL6
Fayalite (mol%):29.5
Classifier:C. L. Lewis and J. Clark, Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85285, USA
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 72, Meteoritics 27, 109-117 (1992)
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Don Edwards   
Geography:

Australia
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (30° 27'S, 129° 30'E)
     Recommended::   (30° 27'S, 129° 30'E)

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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