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| Basic information | Name: Ophara This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1983 Country: Australia Mass:  85.4 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6434 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 67:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Ophara Near Ophara Blocks station, County Yancowinna, Broken Hill region, New South Wales, Australia Found 1983, October 7 Stone. Ordinary chondrite (H4). A single mass weighing 85.4 g was found on a claypan while hunting for tektites, 1 km west of the Ophara Hut ruins near the Cockburn to Triple Chance road (D. Heinlein, Puschendorfer Str. 1, D-8501 Veitsbronn, West Germany). Olivine analysis, Fa19.1, classification, A. L. Graham, BM(NH). Exposure age 5.5 Ma; distinct from Thackaringa which has an exposure age of 24 Ma (R. Wieler, ETH Zurich, 1987). Distinct from Cockburn (L6). | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 67, Meteoritics 24, 57-60 (1989)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 56 approved meteorites from New South Wales, Australia (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 718 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 46 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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