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Basic information | Name: Hughes 060 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1982 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 28 Nov 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MB 109:
Hughes 060 30°7’46.03"S, 129°8’47.84"E South Australia, Australia Find: 1982 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: A single stone weighing 39.3 g was found on open plain Physical characteristics: A completely crusted individual with flight markings. Petrography: (A. W. R. Bevan, WAM) Discernable chondrules in a moderately crystalline matrix. Chondrules include barred olivine, porphyritic olivine, and pyroxene-olivine types, all with microcrystalline mesostases. Some chondrules contain relict polysynthetically twinned clinopyroxene. Olivine shows slight undulose extinction. Heavily weathered with extensive oxide veining. Geochemistry: Mineral compositions and geochemistry: (A. W. R. Bevan WAM). Mineral compositions as determined by EMP: olivine Fa19.5; orthopyroxene Fs17.5. Petrographically and mineralogically distinct from Hughes 059. Classification: (H5); S2, W4. Specimens: Main mass and thin section at WAM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from: MB109 Table 0 Line 0: |
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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. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 238 approved meteorites from South Australia, Australia (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters) This is 1 of 714 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 45 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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