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| Basic information | Name: Coolamon This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1921 Country: Australia Mass:  393 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12780 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 33:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF COOLAMON STONY METEORITE, AUSTRALIA Name: COOLAMON. The place of fall or discovery: 6 ½ km west of Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia; φ = 34°49' S, λ = 147°08' E. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, between 1920 and 1922. Class and type: STONY, olivine-hypersthene chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 393 gr. (a complete specimen). Circumstances of fall or discovery: The meteorite was found by G. Eisenhauer while ploughing in his orchard on his property. The meteorite is in the Australian Museum (Sydney, Australia). Source: Report of Dr. R, O. Chalmers (Sydney, Australia) in a letter, XII.7 1964. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 33, Moscow (1965)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 56 approved meteorites from New South Wales, Australia (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 719 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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