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Tibooburra | |||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Tibooburra This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1970 Country: Australia Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 602 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as CV3. [show all] Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (type 3), CV chondrites, and CV-CK clan chondrites | ||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 59:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE TIBOOBURRA, AUSTRALIA, STONY METEORITE Name: TIBOOBURRA Place of find: Near the town of Tibooburra, New South Wales, Australia. 29°26'S., 142°01'E. Date of find: Not reported Class and type: Stone. Carbonaceous chondrite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 18.6 g Circumstances of find: Found by M. Dare. Source: M.J. Fitzgerald, Department of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia. | ||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 59, Meteoritics 16, 193-199 (1981)
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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 717 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 46 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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