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| Basic information | Name: Mundrabilla 018 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1990 Country: Australia Mass:  24 g | ||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 451 approved meteorites classified as Howardite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, HED achondrites, and Howardites | ||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 78:
Mundrabilla 018 Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia, Australia Found 1990, August Howardite A stone of 24 g was found by Robert Haag and friends while searching in the desert. Type specimen, classification and analysis: David A. Kring and Dolores H. Hill, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA. The stone is brecciated and contains eucritic and diogenitic clasts; 3.02% Ca: 20.1 ppm Sc; 1.74 ppm La; 0.22 ppm Eu. The main mass belongs to an unknown private person in Queensland, Australia. Another howardite, Old Homestead 001, was found nearby, but it has more Ca (6.15%), is darker gray, and contains smaller clasts (1 to 2 mm vs. up to 5.5 mm). | ||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB78 Table 2 Line 11: |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 78, Meteoritics 30, 792-796 (1995)
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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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