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Muckera 015
Basic information Name: Muckera 015
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1990
Country: Australia
Mass:help 40 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 78  (1995)  H4/5
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H4-5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H4/5
Recommended:  H4/5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 499 approved meteorites classified as H4/5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB78
  Table 2
  Line 7:
State/Prov/County:SA
Date:Apr 1990
Latitude:30°03.6'S
Longitude:130°1.5'E
Mass (g):40
Pieces:1
Class:H4/5
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):19.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):17.7
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
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 78, Meteoritics 30, 792-796 (1995)
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Geography:

Australia
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (30° 3' 4"S, 130° 1' 3"E)
     Recommended::   (30° 3' 36"S, 130° 1' 30"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1.2 km apart

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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