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| Basic information | Name: Reid 027 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1991 Country: Australia Mass:  19.7 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 53 approved meteorites classified as Brachinite. [show all] Search for other: Brachinites, Primitive achondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 82:
Reid 027 Western Australia, Australia Found 1991 Brachinite A 19.7 g stone was found by a rabbit hunter. Mineralogy and classification (J. Otto, Frei): olivine, Fa33.7–35.7; clinopyroxene, Fs9.4–13.0Wo38.4–45.0; orthopyroxene, Fs25.8–28.5 Wo2.1–3.3; abundant plagioclase, An14.5Or4.7; chromite, Fe/(Fe + Mg) = 0.91, Cr/(Cr + Al) = 0.93; contains oxidized Fe-Ni metal, Cl-apatite, troilite; equigranular texture, grain size 100–600 mm; shock stage S2; weathering grade W4. Specimens: main mass, SML; type specimen Frei. | ||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB82 Table 2 Line 21: |
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| Institutions and collections |
Frei: Universität Freiburg, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Albertstrasse 23b, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany (institutional address) SML: Swiss Meteorite Laboratory (Museum Bally-Prior), P.O. Box 126, CH-8750 Glarus, Switzerland; Website (private address; updated 16 Oct 2011) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)
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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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