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| Basic information | Name: Nova 001 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1991 Country: Australia? Mass:  349 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 623 approved meteorites classified as Ureilite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Ureilites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 74:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Nova 001 Locality uncertain, found 1991 Synonym: Nuevo Mercurio (b) Achondrite. Ureilite. One stone of 349 g was found. Analysis, olivine Fo78-80, pigeonite En73-74 Wo8-9, very light shock for a ureilite, contains euhedral graphite crystals within and between olivine and pyroxene grains, A. Treiman, NASA/Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas 77058, USA. Information and main mass, R. E. Farrell, P. O. Box 3726, New Haven, Connecticut 06250, USA. See Treiman and Berkley (1992). Probably paired with Nullarbor 010, see this issue. See also Treiman (1992). The Nomenclature Committee decided to name this meteorite Nova 001 because of the uncertainty concerning its discovery location. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 74, Meteoritics 28, 146-153 (1993)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites from Australia? | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonyms: |
Nuevo Mercurio (b) (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||