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| Basic information | Name: Poeppel Corner This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1980 Country: Australia Mass:  277 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
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) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 84:
Poeppel Corner Northern Territory , Australia Found 1980 October Ordinary chondrite (L6) A 277 g stone was found among sand dunes by Peter May. Classification and mineralogy (T. McCoy, SI ): olivine, Fa24.4±0.4; pyroxene, Fs20.7±0.3Wo1.6±0.3; shock stage, S3; weathering grade, W2; contains metal-sulfide shock veins. Specimens: main mass, SAM ; type specimen, 12 g, SI . | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
SAM: Department of Mineralogy, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia; Website (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2011) SI: Department of Mineral Sciences, NHB-119, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 16 Jan 2012) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 13 approved meteorites from Northern Territory, Australia (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 10 impact craters) This is 1 of 714 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 45 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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