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Camel Donga 043
Basic information Name: Camel Donga 043
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1993
Country: Australia
Mass:help 70 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 97  (2010)  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 11 Jan 2010
Data from:
  MB97
  Table 6
  Line 3:
Date:Mar 14, 1993
Latitude:030°08.36'S
Longitude:126°54.06'E
Mass (g):69.95
Pieces:2
Class:L6
Shock stage:S4-5
Weathering grade:W4
Fayalite (mol%):25.8
Ferrosilite (mol%):22.3
Classifier:Alistair Bell, Richard Greenwood, Diane Johnson, Victoria Pearson
Type spec mass (g):40.0
Type spec location:OU
Main mass:WAM
Institutions
   and collections		 OU: Planetary and Space Sciences Department of Physical Sciences The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA United Kingdom, United Kingdom (institutional address; updated 8 Dec 2011)
WAM: Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Western Australian Museum. Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, Western Australia 6986, Australia; Website (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2011)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 97, MAPS 45, 449-493 (2010)
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Geography:

Australia
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (30° 8' 22"S, 126° 54' 4"E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 348 approved meteorites from Western Australia, Australia (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 11 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 719 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters)
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