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Nullarbor 018
Basic information Name: Nullarbor 018
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1990
Country: Australia
Mass:help 1000 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 77  (1994)  L6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

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)
Data from:
  MB77
  Table 8
  Line 8:
Date:Sep 1990
Mass (g):~1 kg
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S3-4
Weathering grade:A/B
Fayalite (mol%):25.2
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.3
Classifier:Alex Ruzicka, Dept. of Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
Main mass:Alex Ruzicka, Dept. of Planetary Sciences University of Arizona Tucson Arizona 85721 USA
Finder:Found N of Trans-Australian Railway between stations Forrest and Mundrabilla
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 77, Meteoritics 29, 891-897 (1994)
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Geography:

Australia
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 719 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters)
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