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Eldee 001
Basic information Name: Eldee 001
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: Australia
Mass:help 4.51 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 95  (2009)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 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)
Comments: Approved 30 Oct 2008
Data from:
  MB95
  Table 6
  Line 2:
State/Prov/County:Eldee Station, Broken Hill region of New
Date:9-Jul-06
Latitude:31°40'11.9"S
Longitude:141°14'32.4"E
Mass (g):4514
Pieces:14
Class:L6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W1-2
Fayalite (mol%):24.6
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.4
Wollastonite (mol%):1.5
Classifier:Dr. Adrew G. Tomkins, Monash
Type spec mass (g):4200
Type spec location:Monash
Main mass:ATomkins
Institutions
   and collections
Monash: Building 28 School of Geosciences Monash University Victoria 3800 Australia, Australia (institutional address; updated 12 Dec 2012)
ATomkins: Andrew G. Tomkins, Monash Univ., Australia (private address; updated 17 Apr 2009)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 95, MAPS 44, 429-462 (2009)
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Geography:

Australia
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (31° 40' 12"S, 141° 14' 32"E)

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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