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| Basic information | Name: Camel Donga This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1984 Country: Australia Mass:  25 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 293 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 64:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE CAMEL DONGA, AUSTRALIA, STONY METEORITE Name: CAMEL DONGA Place of find: Near Camel Donga, on the Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia, Australia. 30°19'S., 126°37'E. Date of find: January, 1984 Class and type: Stone. Achondrite, Ca-rich. Eucrite. Number of individual specimens: 12 (and others) Total weight: 7.6 kg (minimum weight) Circumstances of find: The first stone weighing 503 g was found by Mrs. J.C. Campbell. A further 11 stones were found within 1 km of the original site by B. Mason and W H. Cleverly in July, 1985. Other stones have since been found. Source: W .H. Cleverly, Western Australia School of Mines, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia 6430, Australia. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 64, Meteoritics 21, 309-313 (1986)
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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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| Synonyms: |
Nurina West (From MetBase) | ||||||||||||||||