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Hughes 031
Basic information Name: Hughes 031
     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 120 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 82  (1998)  L4
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2010 approved meteorites (plus 4 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)
Data from:
  MB82
  Table 2
  Line 6:
Date:1991
Latitude:30°10'23"S
Longitude:129°32'10"E
Mass (g):120
Pieces:2
Class:L4
Shock stage:S4-5
Weathering grade:W1
Fayalite (mol%):22.9
Ferrosilite (mol%):18.8
Classifier:J. Otto, Frei
Type spec location:SML
Institutions
   and collections
Frei: Universität Freiburg, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Albertstrasse 23b, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany (institutional address)
SML: Swiss Meteorite Laboratory (Museum Bally-Prior), P.O. Box 126, CH-8750 Glarus, Switzerland; Website (private address; updated 16 Oct 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)
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Geography:

Australia
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (30° 10' 23"S, 129° 32' 10"E)
     Recommended::   (30° 10' 23"S, 129° 32' 10"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 240 approved meteorites from South Australia, Australia (plus 3 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 717 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 46 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters)
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