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Dunedin
Basic information Name: Dunedin
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1960
Country: New Zealand
Mass:help 5.1 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 67  (1989)  LL3
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  LL3.1
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  LL3
Recommended:  LL3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 477 approved meteorites classified as LL3.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
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Dunedin

Found 1960, approx.

Stone. Ordinary chondrite (LL3).

A small fragment weighing 5.1 g was found in the geological collections of the University of Otago, New Zealand, labelled 'Morven.' Distinct from Morven, Olivine Fa4.1-22.9, P. P. Sipiera et al. (1987) Chemical Geol. 64, 351. LL3.1 classification, distinct from Semarkona and Krymka, (L. Schultz (1988) pers. comm.).

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 67, Meteoritics 24, 57-60 (1989)
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Geography:

New Zealand
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 10 approved meteorites from New Zealand
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