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| Basic information | Name: Nimberrin This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1970 Country: Australia Mass:  786 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12780 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 66:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Nimberrin Western Australia, Australia Found August 1970 Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). A single 786 g mass was found about 0.5 mile NNW of the Nimberrin homestead, Western Australia by Mr. R. Spillman during ploughing. Specimen is now at the Western Australian Museum. Olivine Fa25.8; orthopyroxene Fs21.9. (A. W. R. Bevan, Dept. of Mineralogy, Western Australian Museum, Francis Street, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia) | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 66, Meteoritics 23, 171-173 (1988)
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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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