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| Basic information | Name: Camel Donga 053 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 2008 Country: Australia Mass:  579 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 64 approved meteorites classified as LL5-6. [show all] Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 30 Jul 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 101:
Camel Donga 053 30°19’S, 126°37’E Western Australia, Australia Found: 2008 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL5-6) History: A single stone was found lying on the surface within the strewnfield of the Camel Donga eucrite in the Nullarbor Region. Physical characteristics: The rounded, orientated and almost completely crusted stone has only minor surface weathering. Petrography: (A. W. R. Bevan, WAM) The stone is a brecciated chondrite composed of highly crystalline clasts (up to 1.5 cm) with granular textures, mixed with less recrystallized clasts set in a shocked and comminuted matrix. Olivine shows mosaicism and planar features. The crystalline clasts contain large (>50µm) grains of plagioclase, some converted to maskelynite. Extensive shock veining often along clast boundaries. Metal includes kamacite, taenite and tetrataenite. Accessory minerals include troilite, chromite and chrome spinel. Geochemistry: (A. W. R. Bevan and P. J. Downes, WAM) In crystalline clasts olivine mean Fa31.6 (n=24); pyroxene Fs25.7Wo 3.3, olivine mean Fa26.5 (n=5) in one less crystalline clast; low-Ca pyroxene Fs25.6Wo1.9; plagioclase An11.2Ab82.2Or6.6; kamacite Ni=6.7 Co=2.6 (all wt%); chromite Cr#86.9 #Fe90.5; and chromian spinel containing up to 8wt% Cr. Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL5-6); S4; W2. Camel Donga 053 is a breccia of LL5 and LL6 clasts in a comminuted matrix of the same, with some shock veins. Specimens: Type specimen and two thin sections WAM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB101 Table 0 Line 0: |
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| Institutions and collections |
WAM: Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Western Australian Museum. Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, Western Australia 6986, Australia; Website (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2011) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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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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