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| Basic information | Name: O'Malley 014 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2011 Country: Australia Mass:  9.4 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6825 approved meteorites (plus 6 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 23 Feb 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 100:
O’Malley 014 30°53’06.6"S, 131°22’48.4"E South Australia, Australia Found: 9 Apr 2011 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H6) History: Two pieces found by E. Mare on the Nullarbor Plain. Physical characteristics: Two small flatish pieces. Petrography: (E. Mare, Monash) Few recognizable chondrules (to 2 mm) in a recrystallized and rusted matrix. Plagioclase to 100 μm. Chondrule types include CC, PP, PO, RP and POP. Fe-Ni metal grains (<1%) <100 μm. Troilite grains (5%) are larger (up to 300 microns, average 50-100 microns). Oxides have heavily replaced metal and troilite and make up ~20% of the meteorite. Olivine grains have weak undulose extinction. Geochemistry: (E. Mare, Monash) Microprobe analyses show that olivine and pyroxene compositions are uniform: olivine Fa19.6-20.1, mean=19.57 mol%, std=0.38, n=6; Low-Ca pyroxene Fs17.1-17.9, mean=17.59 mol%, std=0.28, n=9. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H6, S2, W3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1723: |
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| Institutions and collections |
Monash: Building 28
School of Geosciences
Monash University
Victoria 3800
Australia, Australia (institutional address; updated 12 Dec 2012) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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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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