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Basic information | Name: Mangalo This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1975 Country: Australia Mass: 1050 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 12727 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 71:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Mangalo South Australia, Australia Found in June 1975 Stone. Ordinary chondrite (L6) A single stone of 1050 g was found by Neil Smith while ploughing a wheatfield near Mangalo. It has a well preserved fusion crust on all sides except on one corner. Classification and analysis, olivine Fa25.7, pyroxene Fs22.0 (Wo1.3), maskelynite indicating shock facies e, Margaret Wallace, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, South Australia 5000. (See also: M. Wallace and A. Pring, Meteoritics 26, 1991, in press.) | ||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 71, Meteoritics 26, 255-262 (1991)
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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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