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| Basic information | Name: Nova 003 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1991 Country: Australia? Mass:  187 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 55 approved meteorites classified as Brachinite. [show all] Search for other: Brachinites, Primitive achondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 75:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Nova 003 Location uncertain Synonym: Window Butte Found 1991 Achondrite (brachinite) One piece of 187 g was found. Information, classification and analysis, olivine Fa31.5, orthopyroxene Wo24En72.1, clinopyroxene Wo45En44, plagioclase An33.3, Martin Prinz, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York 10024, USA. Oxygen isotopes fall in brachinite field, Nehru et al.(1992). Main mass, R. E. Farrell, P. O. Box 3726, New Haven, Connecticut 06525, USA. The Meteorite Nomenclature Committee decided to name this meteorite Nova 003 because of uncertainty in the discovery location. Nova 003 may be paired with Reid 013. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 75, Meteoritics 28, 692-703 (1993)
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| Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites from Australia? | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonyms: |
Window Butte (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||