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| Basic information | Name: Denman 002 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1991 Country: Australia Mass:  30 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 605 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CV3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 74:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Denman 002 Nullarbor, South Australia, Australia Found 1991 May Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3) One mass of 30 g was found. Classification, contains chondrules, about 40% matrix, (nearly opaque, olivine-rich), white aggregates (ameboid olivine and fine-grained CAI), B. Dominik, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland. Analysis, olivine Fa0.2-45.6, av. Ni in troilite <0.04%, bulk Mg/Si 1.058, F. Bussy, Dept. of Mineralogy, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Information, Rolf W. Buhler, Swiss Meteoritie Laboratory, P. 0. Box 126, CH-8750 Glarus, Switzerland. The main mass remains with the finder. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 74, Meteoritics 28, 146-153 (1993)
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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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| Synonyms: |
Fisher Dip (From MetBase) | ||||||||||||||||