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| Basic information | Name: Seemore Downs 001 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1991 Country: Australia Mass:  429 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 22 approved meteorites classified as L/LL4. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L/LL chondrites, L/LL chondrites (type 4-7), LL chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 73:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Seemore Downs 001 Nullarbor, Western Australia, Australia Found 1991 June Stone, ordinary chondrite (L/LL4) Two masses with a total weight of 429 g were found. Type specimen, classification and analysis, olivine Fa26.1±0.5, pyroxene Fs21.8±0.3, F. Wlotzka, MPI Chemie, Mainz, Germany. The olivine composition was checked against the Fa-value of 26.2 for Bjurbole, given by Kallemeyn et al. (1989), defining their "L/LL" type between olivine Fa25.7-26.6. Information and main mass, David New, P. O. Box 278, Anacortes, Washington 98221, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 73, Meteoritics 27, 477-483 (1992)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 347 approved meteorites from Western Australia, Australia (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 11 impact craters) This is 1 of 717 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 46 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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