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Virginia 001
Basic information Name: Virginia 001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1980
Country: Australia
Mass:help 191.5 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 12281 approved meteorites (plus 8 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 7
  Line 62:
Date:1980
Latitude:32°04'S
Longitude:125°09'E
Mass (g):191.5
Pieces:4
Class:L6
Weathering grade:A/Bx
Fayalite (mol%):25.2
Classifier:A. W. R. Bevan and R A. Binns, Western Australian Museum, Perth WA, Australia
Main mass:Western Australian Museum
Comments:shock veins
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 77, Meteoritics 29, 891-897 (1994)
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Geography:

Australia
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (32° 4'S, 125° 9'E)
     Recommended::   (32° 4'S, 125° 9'E)

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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