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| Basic information | Name: Hughes 007 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1991 Country: Australia Mass:  58 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 660 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 73:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Hughes 007 Nullarbor, South Australia, Australia Found 1991 June Stone, ureilite A stone of 58 g was found in a clay pan on red clay, mostly covered by red brown fusion crust. Type specimen, classification and analysis, large olivine crystals Fa18.3 (with 0.54% Cr2O3, 0.13% CaO) in opaque matrix with graphite and little metal, Ni 1.6-4.9%, J. Otto, Mineralogical Institute, Universitat Freiburg, Albertstrasse 23b, D-7800 Freiburg, Germany. Information and main mass, Swiss Meteorite Laboratory, P. 0. Box 126, CH8750 Glarus, Switzerland. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 73, Meteoritics 27, 477-483 (1992)
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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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| Synonyms: |
Hughes 91016 (From MetBase) | ||||||||||||||||
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