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Basic information | Name: Stockyard Creek This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2008 Country: Australia Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 10209 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 29 May 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 100:
Stockyard Creek 23°15’20"S, 116°54’3"E Western Australia, Australia Found: 2008 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: A single stone was found by B. Crawford while he was prospecting. The stone was found within 4 km of the site of recovery of the Warden meteorite (MetBull 69) Physical characteristics: (A. W. R. Bevan and P. J. Downes, WAM) The stone is an irregular, rounded mass weighing 2.7 kg and measuring 16 × 12 × 10 cm. The surface is 80% covered with fusion crust. Where the interior is exposed, it is iron stained and fresh metal particles are visible. Petrography: (A. W. R. Bevan and P. J. Downes, WAM) Microscopically, recognizable chondrules, including barred olivine, porphyritic olivine and radiating pyroxene types, are set in a microcrystalline matrix. Accessory minerals include troilite, kamacite, taenite, tetrataenite and chromite. Geochemistry: Mineral compositions and geochemistry: (A. W. R. Bevan and P. Downes, WAM) Olivine, Fa19.3; low-Ca orthopyroxene, Fs17.1 Wo1.1; chromite, Cr# 85 Fe# 83.6; kamacite, Ni=6.78, Co=0.51 (both wt%). Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5); S2; W1 Specimens: Main mass (WAM) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB100 Table 1 Line 1915: |
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Institutions and collections |
WAM: Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Western Australian Museum. Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, Western Australia 6986, Australia; Website (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2011) |
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 100, MAPS 49, E1-E101 (2014)
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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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