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Cook 004
Basic information Name: Cook 004
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1991
Country: Australia
Mass:help 149 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 73  (1992)  H4
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
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Writeup from MB 73:
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Cook 004

Nullarbor, South Australia, Australia

Found 1991 June

Stone, ordinary chondrite (H4)

A fragment of 149 g was found. It shows some patches of fusion crust. Type specimen, classification and analysis, olivine Fa19.1, pyroxene Fs17.5, metal mostly oxidized by weathering, J. Otto, Mineralogical Institute, Universitat Freiburg, Albertstrasse 23b, D-7800 Freiburg, Germany. Information and main mass, Swiss Meteorite Laboratory, P. O. Box 126, CH-8750 Glarus, Switzerland.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 73, Meteoritics 27, 477-483 (1992)
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Geography:

Australia
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (30° 42' 6"S, 130° 27' 22"E)
     Recommended::   (30° 42' 6"S, 130° 27' 22"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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