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Cook 006
Basic information Name: Cook 006
     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 41.8 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 75  (1993)  L4
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2062 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)
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Writeup from MB 75:
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Cook 006

Nullarbor, South Australia, Australia

Found 1991 July

Ordinary chondrite (L4)

A stone of 41.8 g was found. Information, classification and analysis, olivine Fa23.5, pyroxene Fs20.0Wo0.7, research material and thin section, J. Otto, Mineralogisch-Petrogr. Institut der Universitat, Albertstr. 23b, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany. Main mass, Beat Booz, Hofmatt 223, CH-5263 Oeschgen, Switzerland.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 75, Meteoritics 28, 692-703 (1993)
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Geography:

Australia
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (30° 30' 25"S, 130° 24' 14"E)
     Recommended::   (30° 30' 25"S, 130° 24' 14"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 16.1 m apart

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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