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| Basic information | Name: Gobabeb This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1969 Country: Namibia Mass:  27 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6426 approved meteorites (plus 2 unapproved names) classified as H4. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 53:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE GOBABEB, SOUTH WEST AFRICA, STONY METEORITE Name: GOBABEB Place of find: About 8 miles SSE of Gobabeb. 23°33'S, 15°02'E. Date of find: 1969 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H4). Number of individual specimens: One 23 kg mass plus a number of fragments. Total weight: Approximately 27 kg. Circumstances of find: Found on the flank of a 100-meter high sand dune by a member of the Namib Desert Research Station at Gobabeb. Source: R. F. Fudali and A. F. Noonan. 1975. A new chondrite from South West Africa: the coexistance of equilibrated silicates and unequilibrated spinels. Meteoritics, 10, 31-39. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 53, Meteoritics 10, 133-158 (1975)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 5 approved meteorites from Swakopmund, Namibia This is 1 of 18 approved meteorites from Namibia (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||||
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