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| Basic information | Name: Big Rock Donga This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1970 Country: Australia Mass:  19 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6500 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 71:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Big Rock Donga Nullarbor, South Australia, Australia Found 1970, recognized 1989 Stone. Ordinary chondrite (H6) One stone of 19 kg was found by a rabbit hunter about 10 miles north of the town Fisher, for which the coordinates are given. Information, classification and analysis, olivine Fa19.6, pyroxene Fs17.4, Wo3, Timothy J. McCoy, Planetary Geosciences Division, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA, where also 46 g of the meteorite and a thin section (UH-22) are deposited. The main mass is in the possession of the finder. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 71, Meteoritics 26, 255-262 (1991)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 240 approved meteorites from South Australia, Australia (plus 3 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters) This is 1 of 717 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 46 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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