Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Lake Frome 001

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Lake Frome 001

Basic information

Name: Lake Frome 001
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1992
Country: Australia
Mass: 32.5 g

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 11077 approved meteorites (plus 22 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 77:

Lake Frome 001-005 30°42'38.2"S, 140°09'5.1"E

South Australia, Australia

Found 1992

Five stones were found within a distance of <3 km, the coordinates given are those of Lake Frome 001. Table 5 lists the meteorites; data from Charles F. Lewis, Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA, and Frank Wlotzka, Max-Planck-Institut fur Chemie, D-55122 Mainz, Germany. Information and main masses: Blaine Reed, 907 County Road 207 #17, Durango, Colorado 81301, USA.

Data from:
  MB77
  Table 5
  Line 1:

Mass (g):	32.5
Pieces:	1
Class:	H5
Fayalite (mol%):	19
Classifier:	C. F. Lewis, ASU, and F. Wlotzka, MPI
Main mass:	Reed

Institutions
and collections

ASU: Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012)
MPI: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Kosmochemie, Postfach 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany; Website (institutional address; updated 7 Nov 2015)
Reed: Blaine Reed, P.O. Box 1141, Delta, CO 81416, United States; Website (private address)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 77, Meteoritics 29, 891-897 (1994)

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Geography:

Australia

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(30° 42' 38"S, 140° 9' 5"E)
Recommended::	(30° 42' 38"S, 140° 9' 5"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 6.2 m apart

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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