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Cook 002
Basic information Name: Cook 002
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1989
Country: Australia
Mass:help 61 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 72  (1992)  L4
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2060 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB72
  Table 9
  Line 2:
Date:1989
Latitude:30°15'S
Longitude:130°40'E
Mass (g):61
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Fayalite (mol%):25
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.5
Classifier:J. Otto, Mineralogisches Institut der Universitat, Freiburg, Germany
Main mass:R. Buhler, Swiss Meteorite Laboratory, Kreuzacker-Str. 16a, Schonenwerd, Switzerland. Reference
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 72, Meteoritics 27, 109-117 (1992)
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Australia
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (30° 15'S, 130° 40'E)
     Recommended::   (30° 15'S, 130° 40'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 241 approved meteorites from South Australia, Australia (plus 3 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 719 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters)
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