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Camel Donga 012
Basic information Name: Camel Donga 012
     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 215 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 80  (1996)  L6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 12727 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)
Data from:
  MB80
  Table 2
  Line 6:
Latitude:30°8.04'S
Longitude:126°53.49'E
Mass (g):215
Class:L6
Shock stage:S3
Weathering grade:W2
Fayalite (mol%):26.1
Classifier:J. C. Bridges, R. Hutchison, M. Grady, C. Li and I. Lunney (NHM)
Type spec location:WAM
Institutions
   and collections
NHM: Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom; Website (institutional address; updated 9 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. 80, MAPS 31, A175-A180 (1996)
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Geography:

Australia
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (30° 8' 2"S, 126° 53' 29"E)
     Recommended::   (30° 8' 2"S, 126° 53' 29"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 16.2 m apart

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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