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Coomandook
Basic information Name: Coomandook
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1939
Country: Australia
Mass:help 5.23 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 30  (1964)  Unknown
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H6
Recommended:  H6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6500 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6.   [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 30:
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COOMANDOOK, South Australia; φ = 35°25'S, λ = 139°45'E.

FOUND 1939, 1.1 kg.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 30, Moscow (1964)
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Don Edwards   
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akira1988   
Geography:

Australia
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (35° 25'S, 139° 45'E)
     Recommended::   (35° 25'S, 139° 45'E)

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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Synonymshelp: Coomandook I (In NHM Cat)
Coomandook II (In NHM Cat)
Ki-Ki (In NHM Cat)

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