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| Basic information | Name: Lake Machattie This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1988 Country: Australia Mass:  2.6 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 10290 approved meteorites (plus 18 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 68:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Lake Machattie Near Lake Machattie, Queensland, Australia Found May 1988 Stone. Ordinary chondrite (H5). A single, weathered mass weighing 2.6 kg was found at the side of a road. Classification, olivine Fa18.8, T. J. McCoy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, pers. comm., 1989. Main mass now at Tucson, R. A. Haag Collection. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 68, Meteoritics 25, 59-70 (1990)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 21 approved meteorites from Queensland, Australia (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 2 impact craters) This is 1 of 715 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 45 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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