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Crocker's Well | |||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Crocker's Well This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1956 Country: Australia Mass: 3.8 g | ||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 99 approved meteorites classified as LL7. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 54:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE CROCKER'S WELL, AUSTRALIA, STONY METEORITE Name: CROCKER'S WELL Place of find: On a granite hill 400 m N of East Crocker uranium prospect, South Australia. 32°01'S,139°47'E. Date of find: 1956 Class and type: Stone. Chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 3.8 g Circumstances of find: Found by J.E. Johnson of the South Australia Department of Mines. Source: David W.P. Corbett. 1968. Catalogue of meteorites in the South Australian Museum (excluding tektites). Records of the South Australian Museum 15, 767-790. | ||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 54, Meteoritics 11, 69-93 (1976)
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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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Synonyms: |
Crocker Well (In NHM Cat) |