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Dimboola
Basic information Name: Dimboola
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1944
Country: Australia
Mass:help 16 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 30  (1964)  Unknown
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11505 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)
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Writeup from MB 30:
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DIMBOOLA, Victoria, Australia; φ = 36°30'S, λ =142°02'E.

FOUND 1944, 16 kg.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 30, Moscow (1964)
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Don Edwards   
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Australia
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (36° 30'S, 142° 2'E)
     Recommended::   (36° 30'S, 142° 2'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 16 approved meteorites from Victoria, Australia
     This is 1 of 719 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters)
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