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| Basic information | Name: Starvation Lake This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1975 Country: Australia Mass:  12 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 16 approved meteorites classified as LL3.9. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 63:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE STARVATION LAKE, AUSTRALIA, STONY METEORITE Name: STARVATION LAKE Place of find: Near Mollies bore, Border Downs Station, New South Wales, Australia. 30°27'S., 140°59'E., approximately. Date of find: 1975 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L4). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 12 kg Circumstances of find: Found by Mr. R. Grant of Buronga, N.S.W. The main mass is in the South Australian Museum, Adelaide. Source: Dr. A. Pring, Curator of Minerals and Meteorites, S.A. Museum, Adelaide, South Australia. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 63, Meteoritics 20, 275-283 (1985)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 56 approved meteorites from New South Wales, Australia (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 715 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 45 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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