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| Basic information | Name: Adelaide This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1972 Country: Australia Mass:  2.03 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 27 approved meteorites classified as C2-ung. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 2), and Ungrouped chondrites | ||||||||||||||||
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| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 56:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA, STONY METEORITE Name: ADELAIDE Place of find: Not known. Date of find: Recognized 1972. Class and type: Stone. Carbonaceous chondrite (C2-3). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 2031 g, approximately. Circumstances of find: In the possession of the South Australian Department of Mines for several years prior to its recognition as a meteorite. No record of its origin has been found. Source: R. Davy, S.G. Whitehead and G. Pitt, 1978. The Adelaide meteorite. Meteoritics 13, 121-140. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 56, Meteoritics 14, 161-175 (1979)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 719 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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