Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Reid 017

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Reid 017

Basic information

Name: Reid 017
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1995
Country: Australia
Mass: 110 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 82	(1998)	L3.7
NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L3.7
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L3.7
Recommended:			L3.7 [explanation]

This is 1 of 51 approved meteorites classified as L3.7. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Data from:
  MB82
  Table 2
  Line 11:

Date:	1995
Latitude:	30°10'S (±5')
Longitude:	128°55'E (±5')
Mass (g):	unk
Pieces:	1
Class:	L3.7
Fayalite (mol%):	1-46 (20.5)
Classifier:	M. Prinz, AMNH
Type spec mass (g):	43
Type spec location:	AMNH

Institutions
and collections

AMNH: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, United States (institutional address; updated 18 May 2013)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)

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Geography:

Australia

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(30° 10'S, 128° 55'E)
Recommended::	(30° 10'S, 128° 55'E)

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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