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| Basic information | Name: Baandee This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1967 Country: Australia Mass:  256 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6532 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 53:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY AND ASSUMED FALL OF THE BAANDEE, AUSTRALIA, STONY METEORITE Name: BAANDEE Place of find: Four miles ESE of Baandee railway station, Western Australia. 31°37'S, 118°02'E. Date of find: 1967; possibly fell 1961 or 1962. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 256.6 g Circumstances of find: A small, very fresh stone was picked up by Mr. R. Spillman while ploughing. Source: G. J. H. McCall. 1972. Second supplement to Western Australian Special Publication No. 3 (Catalogue of Western Australian Meteorite Collections). Western Australian Museum, Perth. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 53, Meteoritics 10, 133-158 (1975)
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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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