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| Basic information | Name: Esperance This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1991 Country: Australia Mass:  397 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 4 approved meteorites classified as L/LL3.4. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L/LL chondrites, L/LL chondrites (type 3), LL chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 74:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Esperance Western Australia, Australia Found 1991 October Ordinary chondrite (L or LL3) A mass of 397 g was found by a prospector on a flat plain about 200 m east of Highway #1. Classification (with A. K. Petersen) and analysis, olivine Fa21.9 (range 4.9-33.3), pyroxene Fs16.8 (0.6-35.0), kamacite Ni 53.2 mg/g (36.8-69.1), kamacite Co 12.2 mg/g (6.3-18.3), taenite Ni 42.1% (29.2-57.9), taenite Co 2.9 mg/g (0.6-16.3), Donald E. Davis, Geological Institute, Dept. Mineralogy, Oster Voldgade 10, 1350 Copenhagen, Denmark. Research sample and thin section, Geological Museum, The University of Copenhagen, Oster Voldgade 5-7, 1350 Copenhagen, Denmark. Main mass, David New, P. 0. Box 278, Anacortes, Washington 98221, USA. See also Davis and Petersen (1992). | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 74, Meteoritics 28, 146-153 (1993)
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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 718 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 46 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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