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| Basic information | Name: Nilpena This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1975 Country: Australia Mass:  173 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 34 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite-pmict. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 59:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE NILPENA, AUSTRALIA, STONY METEORITE Name: NILPENA Place of find: In the NW. comer of the Hundred of Nilpena, County Taunton, South Australia, Australia. 31°05'S., 138°18'E. Date of find: June 4, 1975 Class and type: Stone. Achondrite (?ureilite). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 133 g Circumstances of find: Found by D.H. McColl in sand dune country north of the Parachilna-Motpena road, about 4 km from the site of the Motpena find. Source: M.J. Fitzgerald, Department of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 59, Meteoritics 16, 193-199 (1981)
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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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