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Loongana 003

Basic information

Name: Loongana 003
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1990
Country: Australia
Mass: 58 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 78	(1995)	L5
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L5
Recommended:			L5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB78
  Table 2
  Line 6:

State/Prov/County:	WA
Date:	1990
Latitude:	30°32.15'S
Longitude:	127°20.38'E
Mass (g):	58
Pieces:	1
Class:	L5
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W4
Fayalite (mol%):	23.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.2
Classifier:	Jürgen Otto, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut der Universitat, Albert-Strasse 23 b, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
Main mass:	Swiss Meteorite Laboratory, R. W. Bühler P. O. Box 126 CH-8750 Glarus Switzerland

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 78, Meteoritics 30, 792-796 (1995)

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Don Edwards
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Corey Kuo

Geography:

Australia

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(30° 32' 9"S, 127° 20' 23"E)
Recommended::	(30° 32' 9"S, 127° 20' 23"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 4.8 m apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 348 approved meteorites from Western Australia, Australia (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 11 impact craters)
This is 1 of 719 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters)

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