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Reid 026
Basic information Name: Reid 026
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1991
Country: Australia
Mass:help 100.6 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 82  (1998)  LL6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL6
Recommended:  LL6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2923 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as LL6.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB82
  Table 2
  Line 20:
Date:1991
Latitude:30°14'54"S
Longitude:128°38'7"E
Mass (g):100.6
Pieces:1
Class:LL6
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):31.5
Ferrosilite (mol%):25.4
Classifier:J. Otto, Frei
Type spec location:SML
Institutions
   and collections
Frei: Universität Freiburg, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Albertstrasse 23b, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany (institutional address)
SML: Swiss Meteorite Laboratory (Museum Bally-Prior), P.O. Box 126, CH-8750 Glarus, Switzerland; Website (private address; updated 16 Oct 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)
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Geography:

Australia
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (30° 14' 54"S, 128° 38' 7"E)
     Recommended::   (30° 14' 54"S, 128° 38' 7"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1 m 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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