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| Basic information | Name: Cook 003 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1986 Country: Australia Mass:  1537 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 119 approved meteorites classified as CK4. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (equilibrated), CK chondrites, CK chondrites (type 4-6), and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 73:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Cook 003 Nullarbor, South Australia, Australia Found 1986 Stone. Carbonaceous chondrite (CK4) One mass of 1536.9 g was found. Classification and analysis, olivine Fa33.2±0.4, pyroxene Fs27.7±1.1, contains magnetite, plagioclase An29.2-79.3, 0.52% Ni in olivine, T. Geiger, Institut fur Planetologie, Universitat Munster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str.10, 4400 Munster, Germany, and A. W. R. Bevan, Western Australian Museum, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. The main mass and thin sections are at the Western Australian Museum, but will eventually be returned to the South Australian Museum, Adelaide, Australia. Pairing with Maralinga possibly, because very similar in trace element chemistry and sulfide mineralogy, see Geiger et al. (1992). | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 73, Meteoritics 27, 477-483 (1992)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 240 approved meteorites from South Australia, Australia (plus 3 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters) This is 1 of 717 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 46 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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