| MetSoc Home Publications Contacts |
|
||
|
||
| O'Malley 021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic information | Name: O'Malley 021 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2012 Country: Australia Mass:  140.8 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 6459 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 18 Jul 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 104:
O’Malley 021 30°42’47.30"S, 131°27’35.90"E South Australia, Australia Purchased: 2012 May 18 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4) History: Larger piece + two fragments found by A. Langendam on a claypan. Physical characteristics: The larger sample has a series of large crack and 65% fusion crust, the smaller samples also have some fusion crust. Petrography: (L. Bowlt, Monash) Poorly defined chondrules, ranging in size up to 2 mm occur in an oxidized recrystallised matrix. Mineralogy includes olivine, pyroxene, plagioclase, Fe-Ni metal and troilite. Chondrule mesostases are moderately fine grained and plagioclase has not formed distinct individual grains. Chondrule types include PO, RP, CC and BO. Troilite grains are small (30 microns) and diffuse, whereas there are relatively large (200 micron) metal grains. Most olivine grains show sharp extinction, although some show undulose extinction and there is no evidence of shock lamellae. Widespread oxide veins branch throughout the sample. Metal and troilite grains show similar levels of weathering, 60-70% in total. Geochemistry: (L. Bowlt, Monash) Microprobe analyses show that olivine and pyroxene compositions are uniform: olivine Fa17.1-18.4, mean Fa17.8±0.65 , n=5; Low-Ca pyroxene Fs15.2-15.9 , mean Fs15.5±0.4 , n=3. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H4, S3, W3) Specimens: All specimens and one thin-section held by A. Tomkins. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB104 Table 0 Line 0: |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
Monash: Building 28
School of Geosciences
Monash University
Victoria 3800
Australia, Australia (institutional address; updated 12 Dec 2012) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catalogs: |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 104, MAPS 52, 2284, Octover 2017, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12930/full
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Geography:
|
Statistics: This is 1 of 240 approved meteorites from South Australia, Australia (plus 3 unapproved names) (plus 4 impact craters) This is 1 of 718 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 46 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Proximity search: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||