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| Basic information | Name: Maryborough This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2018 Country: Australia Mass:  17 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 10985 approved meteorites (plus 20 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 11 Dec 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 107:
Maryborough 37°05’21"S, 143°44’32"E Victoria, Australia Find: 2015 May Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: Found 2 km south of Maryborough. Petrography: (A. Tomkins, Monash) Chondrule edges are indistinct, matrix and chondrule mesostases are strongly recrystallised, and plagioclase grains are up to 50 µm across, but mostly less than 20 µm. Discernible chondrule varieties include RP, BO, PO, PP, POP. Olivine has sharp optical extinction, there are irregular fractures and no melt pockets. About 20% of the metal has been destroyed by rusting, whereas most troilite remains. Geochemistry: (W. Birch, Vic) Microprobe analyses: olivine Fa19.3±0.5 (n=24); Low-Ca pyroxene Fs17.1±0.5Wo1.4 (n=27). Classification: Ordinary Chondrite (H5, S1, W1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB107 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) Vic: Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666E, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia; Website (institutional address; updated 26 Oct 2011) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462
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Statistics: This is 1 of 16 approved meteorites from Victoria, Australia This is 1 of 717 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 46 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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