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| Basic information | Name: Ooldea 011 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2015 Country: Australia Mass:  1.7 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 2809 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as LL6. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 14 Feb 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 108:
Ooldea 011 30°30’9.30"S, 131°51’23.50"E South Australia, Australia Find: 2015 Apr 15 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL6) History: One fragment found by A. Tait, embedded in a cryptogamic soil horizon. Found during the Monash University meteorite recovery expedition. Physical characteristics: One oval fragment 18 mm long, no fusion crust. Contains crosscutting calcite/gypsum weathering veins. Petrography: (A. Tait, Monash) Chondrule edges are poorly defined, marked by extensive recrystallization of the matrix. BO and POP relict chondrules are rare, with equilibrated edges. Large (>100 μm) skeletal plagioclase grains exist across most the sample, with blebs of FeNi-alloy melt. Fe-oxide weathering is extensive with <5 wt% FeNi and/or sulfides remaining. Olivine show undulose extinction, but there are no indicators of higher shock. Geochemistry: (A. Tait, Monash) EDS analyses show that olivine and pyroxene compositions are uniform: olivine Fa25.7-28.5, mean= Fa26.9±1.0 (N=11). Low-Ca pyroxene Fs20.4-23.8Wo1.8-1.2, mean Fs21.3±1.0Wo1.5±0.2 (N=13). Classification: Ordinary Chondrite (LL6, S2, W4) Specimens: The main mass and a thin section are held at Monash Under the curation of A. Tomkins. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB108 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
Monash: Building 28
School of Geosciences
Monash University
Victoria 3800
Australia, Australia (institutional address; updated 12 Dec 2012) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108 (2020) Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 55, 1146-1150
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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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