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Hughes 033
Basic information Name: Hughes 033
     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 20 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 82  (1998)  CO3
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  CO3
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  CO3
Recommended:  CO3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 645 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CO3.   [show all]
Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CM-CO clan chondrites, and CO chondrites
Data from:
  MB82
  Table 2
  Line 8:
Date:1991
Latitude:30°8'2"S
Longitude:129°3'45"E
Mass (g):20
Pieces:1
Class:CO3
Shock stage:S1
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):0.6-61 (26)
Ferrosilite (mol%):1.0-47.8 (17)
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)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)
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Geography:

Australia
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (30° 8' 2"S, 129° 3' 45"E)
     Recommended::   (30° 8' 2"S, 129° 3' 45"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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