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Hughes 013
Basic information Name: Hughes 013
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1991
Country: Australia
Mass:help 4 kg
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)
Data from:
  MB77
  Table 6
  Line 7:
Date:1991
Latitude:30°39.7'S
Longitude:129°07.0'E
Mass (g):4 kg
Pieces:frags.
Class:H5
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):20.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):18.2
Classifier:J. Otto, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Universitat Freiburg, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany. Information: Dieter Heinlein, Lilienstrasse 3, D-86156 Augsburg, Germany
Type spec location:J. Otto, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Universitat Freiburg, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany. Information: Dieter Heinlein, Lilienstrasse 3, D-86156 Augsburg, Germany
Main mass:The South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
Institutions
   and collections		 Heinlein: Dieter Heinlein, Lilienstrasse 3, 86156 Augsburg, Germany; Website (private address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 77, Meteoritics 29, 891-897 (1994)
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Geography:

Australia
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (30° 39' 4"S, 129° 7' 0"E)
     Recommended::   (30° 39' 42"S, 129° 7' 0"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1.2 km apart

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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