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Doolgunna | |||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Doolgunna This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1967 Country: Australia Mass: 20 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 54 approved meteorites classified as L. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, Ordinary chondrites | ||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 53:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE DOOLGUNNA, AUSTRALIA, STONY METEORITE Name: DOOLGUNNA Place of find: Doolgunna station, about 75 miles NE of Meekatharra, Western Australia. 25°56'S, 119°18E. Date of find: November 3, 1967. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 20 g Circumstances of find: Collected by Dr. W. N. MacLeod of the Geological Survey of Western Australia in an assortment of stones at an aboriginal camp; MacLeod comments ... "it seems most likely that the fragment [of the meteorite] has been carried there by natives together with the other terrestrial stones, and the point of fall could be many miles distant." Source: W. N. MacLeod. 1968. A meteorite fragment from Doolgunna station, Meekatharra district, Western Australia. Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Western Australia for the year 1967, 68-69. | ||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 53, Meteoritics 10, 133-158 (1975)
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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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Synonyms: |
Meekatharra (In NHM Cat) |