Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Camel Donga 006

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Camel Donga 006

Basic information

Name: Camel Donga 006
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1992
Country: Australia
Mass: 51 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 77	(1994)	H6
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	H6
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	H6
Recommended:			H6 [explanation]

This is 1 of 6189 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as H6. [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Data from:
  MB77
  Table 7
  Line 2:

Date:	1992
Latitude:	30°17.5'S
Longitude:	126°35.25'E
Mass (g):	50.96
Pieces:	1
Class:	H6
Shock stage:	S4
Weathering grade:	B
Fayalite (mol%):	20.3
Ferrosilite (mol%):	18.4
Classifier:
Type spec location:	research samples and duplicate thin sections are held at The Open University, Planetary Science Unit, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK. Requests for samples may be made to the Chairman of the EUROMET Meteorites Working Group, Robert Hutchison Classification and analysis: Robert Hutchison and Eleanor Grant, The Natural History Museum, London SW5 5BD, UK
Main mass:	Western Australian Museum, Perth WA
Finder:	1992 WAMET/EUROMET expedition

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 77, Meteoritics 29, 891-897 (1994)

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Geography:

Australia

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(30° 17' 3"S, 126° 35' 15"E)
Recommended::	(30° 17' 30"S, 126° 35' 15"E)

Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 0.8 km 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 715 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 45 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters)

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