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Reid 015

Basic information

Name: Reid 015
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1991
Country: Australia
Mass: 23.5 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 78	(1995)	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)

Data from:
  MB78
  Table 2
  Line 14:

State/Prov/County:	WA
Date:	1991
Latitude:	30°17.20'S
Longitude:	128°38.1'E
Mass (g):	23.5
Pieces:	1
Class:	H5
Shock stage:	S1
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	18.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):	17.2
Classifier:	Jürgen Otto, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut der Universitat, Albert-Strasse 23 b, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
Main mass:	Swiss Meteorite Laboratory, R. W. Bühler P. O. Box 126 CH-8750 Glarus Switzerland

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 78, Meteoritics 30, 792-796 (1995)

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Geography:

Australia

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(30° 17' 1"S, 128° 38' 1"E)
Recommended::	(30° 17' 12"S, 128° 38' 6"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.4 km apart

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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