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| Basic information | Name: Watson 002 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1991 Country: Australia Mass:  83.8 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites classified as CK3-an. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CK chondrites, CK3 chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 75:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Watson 002 Nullarbor, South Australia, Australia Found 1991 October Carbonaceous chondrite (CK3) A stone of 83.8 g was found half covered in sand by a rabbit hunter. Type specimen and thin sections, classification and mineral analysis, olivine Faavg. 29.8 (range 0.5-38, peak at 34, 0.3% NiO), low-Ca-pyroxenes Fs25, Ca-pyroxene Fs18, plagioclase An28-50, abundant CAIs, rare sulfides, Thomas Geiger, Institut fur Planetologie, Universitat Munster, D-48149 Munster, Germany. Bulk analysis, 20.1% Fe, 4.84% Ca, 0.3% Ni, 2990 ppm Cr, 1470 ppm Mn, B. Spettel, Max-Planck-Institut fur Chemie, P. 0. Box 3060, D-55020 Mainz, Germany. δ18O +5.12, δ17O -0.55, R. N. Clayton, University of Chicago. Main mass, David New, P. O. Box 247, Anacortes, Washington 98221, USA. See also Geiger et al. (1993). | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 75, Meteoritics 28, 692-703 (1993)
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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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Maralinga 002 (From MetBase) | ||||||||||||||||