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| Basic information | Name: Pizzetti Well This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1980 Country: Australia Mass:  219 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 29 May 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 100:
Pizzetti Well 26°15’42"S, 120°44’E Western Australia, Australia Found: circa 1980 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: Four fragments were found close together approximately 1.5 km S of Pizzetti Well. Physical characteristics: (A. W. R. Bevan and P. J. Downes, WAM) The four fragments (145 g, 57.93 g, 10.3 g and 5.43 g) are deeply weathered and represent an almost complete, but disintegrated stone. Petrography: (A. W. R. Bevan and P. J. Downes, WAM) Microscopically, discernible chondrules with microcrystalline mesostases are set in a moderately recrystallized and iron-stained matrix. Barred and porphyritic olivine chondrules, and radiating pyroxene chondrules are evident. Accessory minerals include kamacite, taenite and chromite. Geochemistry: (A. W. R. Bevan and P. Downes, WAM) Olivine Fa19.4; orthopyroxene Fs17.7Wo1.0; kamacite Ni=6.59, Co=0.5 (all wt%); chromite Cr# 86.1, Fe# 84.2. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5); S2; W3. Specimens: Main mass and thin section, WAM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1774: |
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| Institutions and collections |
WAM: Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Western Australian Museum. Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, Western Australia 6986, Australia; Website (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2011) |
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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 348 approved meteorites from Western Australia, Australia (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 11 impact craters) This is 1 of 719 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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