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Gascoyne Junction | |||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Gascoyne Junction This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1978 Country: Australia Mass: 10 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 11505 approved meteorites (plus 23 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) | ||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 80:
Gascoyne Junction Upper Gascoyne County, Western Australia, Australia Found before 1978, recognized 1992 Ordinary Chondrite (H5) 50 stones totaling ~10 kg (largest, 1.6 kg) were found by a prospector in a 2 ´ 4 km area of a sheep station. Mineralogy and classification (C. Lewis and J. Clark, Arizona State University): olivine, Fa19. Specimens: M. & K. Killgore, Southwest Meteorite Lab, PO Box 95, Payson, AZ, 85547. | ||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 80, MAPS 31, A175-A180 (1996)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 348 approved meteorites from Western Australia, Australia (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 11 impact craters) This is 1 of 719 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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