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| Basic information | Name: Moorabie This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1965 Country: Australia Mass:  14.04 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is the only approved meteorite classified as L3.8-an. Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 53:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE MOORABIE, AUSTRALIA, STONY METEORITE Name: MOORABIE Place of find: Approximately 10 miles S of Moorabie Bore, which is 47 miles WSW of Milparinka, New South Wales. 30°06'S,141 °04'E. Date of find: Not reported. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite, probably of low petrographic grade. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 14.04 kg Circumstances of find: Found by L. Russell. Sources: Mr. R. O. Chalmers, Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia, and M. J. Fitzgerald, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 53, Meteoritics 10, 133-158 (1975)
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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 719 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Moorabbie (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||||