Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Muckera 015

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Muckera 015

Basic information

Name: Muckera 015
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1990
Country: Australia
Mass: 40 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 78	(1995)	H4/5
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H4-5
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H4/5
Recommended:			H4/5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 502 approved meteorites classified as H4/5. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB78
  Table 2
  Line 7:

State/Prov/County:	SA
Date:	Apr 1990
Latitude:	30°03.6'S
Longitude:	130°1.5'E
Mass (g):	40
Pieces:	1
Class:	H4/5
Shock stage:	S3
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	19.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):	17.7
Classifier:	Jürgen Otto, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut der Universitat, Albert-Strasse 23 b, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
Main mass:	Swiss Meteorite Laboratory, R. W. Bühler P. O. Box 126 CH-8750 Glarus Switzerland

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 78, Meteoritics 30, 792-796 (1995)

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Geography:

Australia

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(30° 3' 4"S, 130° 1' 3"E)
Recommended::	(30° 3' 36"S, 130° 1' 30"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1.2 km apart

Statistics:
This is 1 of 239 approved meteorites from South Australia, Australia (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters)
This is 1 of 715 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 45 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters)

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