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| Basic information | Name: Camel Donga 040 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1988 Country: Australia Mass:  55.1 g | ||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites classified as CV3-an. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 87:
Camel Donga 040 Western Australia, Australia Found 1988 Carbonaceous chondrite (C3, ungrouped) Two stones of 34.5 g and 20.6 g were found by Alex Bevan. Classification and mineralogy (Mike Zolensky, JSC): The meteorite is a genomict mixure of two lithologies. Both lithologies contain abundant chondrules up to 1 mm across, some with well-developed, fine-grained rims or igneous rims; abundant smaller fragments, abundant troilite and pentlandite, but no pyrrhotite. Metal (Fe49Ni51 to Fe63Ni37) is rare due to high weathering grade. No magnetite was observed. Lithology 1 olivine, Fa1–49 with peak at Fa3; low Ca-pyroxene, Fs2–11. Lithology 2 olivine, Fa23–42 with a pronounced peak at Fa35; pyroxene, Fs2–25. Lithology 1 is petrographic type 3, and lithology 2 has been heated briefly to as high as 1100°C. Oxygen isotopes (R. Clayton, UChi): both lithologies are identical in oxygen isotopic composition; δ18O = +0.18 to –0.01‰, δ17O = –4.39 to –4.48‰. Specimens: main mass and type specimen, WAM. | ||||||||||||
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| Institutions and collections |
JSC: Mailcode KT, 2101 NASA Parkway, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 3 Sep 2013) UChi: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, United States (institutional address; updated 28 Feb 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) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 339 approved meteorites from Western Australia, Australia (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 11 impact craters) This is 1 of 704 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 45 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||
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