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Edjudina
Basic information Name: Edjudina
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1969
Country: Australia
Mass:help 4.48 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 53  (1975)  H4
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H4
Recommended:  H4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 6493 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4.   [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 53:
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DISCOVERY OF THE EDJUDINA, AUSTRALIA, STONY METEORITE

Name: EDJUDINA

Place of find: Edjudina station, approximately 80 miles N of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.

29°35'11"S, 122°10'54"E.

Date of find: 1969

Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H4).

Number of individual specimens: 1

Total weight: 4.48 kg

Circumstances of find: Found by I. R. Williams, Geological Survey of Western Australia, while mapping the area.

Source: J. D. Lewis. 1972. The Edjudina meteorite. Annual Report of the Geologial Survey of Western Australia for 1971, 62-64.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 53, Meteoritics 10, 133-158 (1975)
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Geography:

Australia
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (29° 35' 11"S, 122° 10' 54"E)
     Recommended::   (29° 35' 11"S, 122° 10' 54"E)

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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Synonymshelp: Ejudina (In NHM Cat)

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