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| Basic information | Name: Willaroy This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1970 Country: Australia Mass:  4.03 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 2 approved meteorites classified as H3.8-an. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 54:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE WILLAROY, AUSTRALIA, STONY METEORITE Name: WILLAROY Place of find: Willaroy station, northwestern New South Wales, Australia. 30°06'S, 143°12'E. Date of find: March 12, 1970 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H3). Number of individual specimens: Four, fitting to form a single mass. Total weight: 4.03 kg Circumstances of find: Four fragments lying close together were found by Mr. L.S. Brown, owner of Willaroy pastoral station. Source: R.O. Chalmers and B. Mason. 1976. The Willaroy meteorite. Records of the Australian Museum, in press. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 54, Meteoritics 11, 69-93 (1976)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 56 approved meteorites from New South Wales, Australia (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 719 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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