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Camel Donga 005
Basic information Name: Camel Donga 005
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1992
Country: Australia
Mass:help 38 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 75  (1993)  LL3.4
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL3.4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL3.4
Recommended:  LL3.4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 24 approved meteorites classified as LL3.4.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
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Writeup from MB 75:
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Camel Donga 005

Nullarbor, Western Australia, Australia

Found 1992 August

Ordinary chondrite (LL3.4)

A stone of 38.0 g was found on a flat plain. Classification and analysis, olivine Fa0.9-31.8 (mean Fa19 ± 9), 0.8 vol% NiFe, 6.0 vol% weathering products, shock stage S2, Timothy J. McCoy, Planetary Geosciences Div., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honululu, Hawaii 96822, USA. Information and main mass, David New, P. O. Box 278, Anacortes, Washington 98221, USA.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 75, Meteoritics 28, 692-703 (1993)
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Geography:

Australia
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (30° 17'S, 126° 31'E)
     Recommended::   (30° 17'S, 126° 31'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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