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Nullarbor 001
Basic information Name: Nullarbor 001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1935
Country: Australia
Mass:help 40 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 61  (1983)  H5
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
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Writeup from MB 61:
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DISCOVERY OF THE NULLARBOR, AUSTRALIA, STONY METEORITE

Name: NULLARBOR

Place of find: Nullarbor Plain, South Australia, Australia.

31°S., 132°E., approximately.

Date of find: Before 1935

Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H5).

Number of individual

specimens: 1

Total weight: 40 kg

Circumstances of find: The single mass was brought to Adelaide between 1926 and 1935. It was probably found near the E-W. railway line in South Australia.

Source: J. M. Scrymgour, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 61, Meteoritics 18, 77-83 (1983)
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Geography:

Australia
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (31°S, 132°E)
     Recommended::   (31°S, 132°E)

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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