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| Basic information | Name: Mount Margaret This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1972 Country: Australia Mass:  850 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
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) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 65:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE MOUNT MARGARET, AUSTRALIA, STONY METEORITE Name: MOUNT MARGARET Place of find: Near Lake Carey, about 30 km SW. of Laverton, Western Australia, Australia. 28°50'S., 122°11'E. Date of find: December 1972 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L5). Olivine Fa23.4, orthopyroxene Fs19.9. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 850 g, approximately, original weight not recorded Circumstances of find: A single, flight orientated stone was found on the N. shore of Lake Carey by Mr. Cyril Barnes. The stone was sent to the Western Australian Museum in 1973 by Mr. R.C. Bottrell. Source: A.W.R. Bevan, Department of Mineralogy, Western Australian Museum, Perth, Western Australia 6000. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 65, Meteoritics 22, 157-163 (1987)
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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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