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| Basic information | Name: Rooikop 002 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1991 Country: Namibia Mass:  903 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6721 approved meteorites (plus 4 unapproved names) classified as L5. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 78:
Rooikop 001-003 23°5.0'S, 14°42.9'E Walvis Bay, Namibia Found 1991 June Ordinary chondrites Three meteorites were found in a desert area near the border post Rooikop at the former Namibia-South Africa border by A. M. Reid, P. Jakes, M. E. Zolensky and R. McG. Miller. Details are listed in Table 3. Research specimen and information: A. M. Reid, Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-5503, USA. The main masses remain at the Geological Survey of Namibia, 1 Jeans Street, P. O. Box 2168, Windhoek, Namibia. See also, Reid et al. (1995). | ||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB78 Table 3 Line 2: |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 78, Meteoritics 30, 792-796 (1995)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites from Swakopmund, Namibia This is 1 of 18 approved meteorites from Namibia (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
RM2132 (From MetBase) | ||||||||||||||||