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Sleeper Camp 012
Basic information Name: Sleeper Camp 012
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1991
Country: Australia
Mass:help 117.3 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 78  (1995)  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:
  MB78
  Table 2
  Line 15:
State/Prov/County:WA
Date:Jul 1991
Latitude:30°10.12'S
Longitude:126°17.23E
Mass (g):117
Pieces:1
Class:L6
Shock stage:S4-5
Fayalite (mol%):25
Ferrosilite (mol%):20.8
Classifier:M. Schliestedt, Institute of Mineralogy, Universitat Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
Main mass:Karl Franger Jr., Berglach 5, A-2640 Gloggnitz Austria,
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 78, Meteoritics 30, 792-796 (1995)
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Geography:

Australia
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (30° 10' 7"S, 126° 17' 14"E)
     Recommended::   (30° 10' 7"S, 126° 17' 14"E)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 8.2 m apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 346 approved meteorites from Western Australia, Australia (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 11 impact craters)
     This is 1 of 714 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 45 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters)
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Synonymshelp: 90MUL22 (From MetBase)

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