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| Basic information | Name: Bealiba This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1950 Country: Australia Mass:  652 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 13053 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) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 69:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Bealiba Bealiba, Victoria, Australia Found 1950, approximately Stone. Ordinary chondrite (L6) A single mass of 652 g was donated to the Geological Survey of Victoria in about 1950 and recognized as a meteorite in 1989. Classification, olivine Fa24.8, W. Birch, Dep. of Mineralogy, Museum of Victoria, Russell Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 69, Meteoritics 25, 237-239 (1990)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 16 approved meteorites from Victoria, Australia This is 1 of 719 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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