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| Basic information | Name: Cook 005 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1990 Country: Australia Mass:  97 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 31 approved meteorites classified as L/LL3. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L/LL chondrites, L/LL chondrites (type 3), LL chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 73:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Cook 005 Nullarbor, South Australia, Australia Found 1990 April Stone, ordinary chondrite (L(LL?)3) A stone of 97 g without fusion crust was found on red, sandy soil. Type specimen, classification and analysis, olivine Fa2.3-30.5, mean Fa23.6, pyroxene Fs1.9-25.8, mean Fs16.6, fresh glass in some chondrules, metal and troilite partly 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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Statistics: This is 1 of 240 approved meteorites from South Australia, Australia (plus 3 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters) This is 1 of 717 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 46 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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