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| Basic information | Name: Ooldea 002 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2013 Country: Australia Mass:  1306 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 8890 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 31 May 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 105:
Ooldea 002 30°34’25.10"S, 131°48’5.70"E South Australia, Australia Purchased: 2013 Apr 6 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5) History: Several fragments found by A Tomkins over ~80 m2. Physical characteristics: Five 5-10 cm red-brown blocks with partial fusion crust and five small fragments. Petrography: (A. Tait, Monash) Few poorly defined chondrules reside in a recrystallized matrix. Relict chondrules included: RP, POP, PP. Relict Chondrule sizes range from 1.5 – 3.0 mm. Olivine grains show a strong undulous extinction but no further indicators of higher shock. All the FeNi/troilite has oxidized in this sample with oxidized grains leaving extensive corrosion cavities. These are interconnected with extensive weathering veins. Geochemistry: (A. Tait, Monash) FEG-SEM analyses show that the olivine composition is uniform, with a moderate deviation in the pyroxene: olivine Fa23.3-24.5, mean= Fa23.9±0.4, n=7; Low-Ca pyroxene Fs15.8-20.8, mean= Fs17.8±1.9, n=5. Classification: Ordinary Chondrite (L5, S2, W4) Specimens: All specimens and one thin-section held by A. Tomkins. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB105 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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. 105, MAPS 52, 2411, September 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12944/full
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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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