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Hughes 002
Basic information Name: Hughes 002
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: unknown
Country: Australia
Mass:help 1074 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 73  (1992)  L6
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  L6
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L6
Recommended:  L6    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11485 approved meteorites (plus 6 unapproved names) classified as L6.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB73
  Table 5
  Line 1:
Latitude:30°34'S
Longitude:129°38'E
Mass (g):1074
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Fayalite (mol%):25.2
Classifier:Charles F. Lewis and J. Clark, Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA. Information, David New, P. 0. Box 278, Anacortes, Washington 98221, USA
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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Don Edwards   
Geography:

Australia
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (30° 34'S, 129° 38'E)
     Recommended::   (30° 34'S, 129° 38'E)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 238 approved meteorites from South Australia, Australia (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 714 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 45 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters)
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