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| Basic information | Name: Kielpa This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1948 Country: Australia Mass:  13.6 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
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) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 50:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE KIELPA, AUSTRALIA, STONY METEORITE Name: KIELPA Place of find: 10 mi west of Kielpa railway siding, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. 33° 6'25"S, 136° 6'15"E. Date of find: Late in 1948 Class and type: Stony. Olivine-bronzite chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1 fragment (apparently one-third of original, remainder not found). Total weight: 13.6 kg Circumstances of find: Found by Mr. A. B. Brooks in the center of Section 43, Hundred of Smeaton, County of Jervois. The specimen is a deeply weathered fragment from an originally conical form. Source: Dr. G. Baker, Melbourne, Australia. Reference: C. J. Barclay and J. B. Jones. 1971. Jour. Geol. Soc. Australia 17, (2). | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 50, Meteoritics 6, 111-124 (1971)
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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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