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| Basic information | Name: Gibson This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1991 Country: Australia Mass:  67.1 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 91 approved meteorites classified as Lodranite. [show all] Search for other: Acapulcoite-lodranite family, Lodranites, and Primitive achondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| 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. Gibson Western Australia, Australia Found 1991 October Stone, lodranite A stone of 67.1 g was found by a prospector in a sandy flat area west of Highway #1. Information and classification, Timothy J. McCoy, Planetary Geosciences, Dept. Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA. Analysis, olivine Fa3.1, average grain size 563 µm, T. J. McCoy and Tosh K. Mayeda, address as above. Main mass, David New, P. O. Box 278, Anacortes, Washington 98221, USA. | ||||||||||||||||
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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 348 approved meteorites from Western Australia, Australia (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 11 impact craters) This is 1 of 718 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 46 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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