Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Eldee 002

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Eldee 002

Basic information

Name: Eldee 002
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2006
Country: Australia
Mass: 101 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 95	(2009)	L6 (melt breccia)
Recommended:			L6-melt breccia [explanation]

This is 1 of 73 approved meteorites classified as L6-melt breccia. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Melted chondrites, Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)

Comments:

Approved 30 Oct 2008

Data from:
  MB95
  Table 6
  Line 3:

State/Prov/County:	Eldee Station, Broken Hill region of New
Date:	15-Oct-06
Latitude:	31°39'51"S
Longitude:	141°14' 01.52"E
Mass (g):	101
Pieces:	1
Class:	L6 (melt breccia)
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	25.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):	21.2
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.8
Classifier:	Dr. Adrew G. Tomkins, Monash
Type spec mass (g):	60
Type spec location:	Monash
Main mass:	ATomkins
Comments:	Glass, cataclasite, Fe-Ni metal and FeS spheres along fracture zones that separate breccia clasts.

Institutions
and collections

Monash: Building 28 School of Geosciences Monash University Victoria 3800 Australia, Australia (institutional address; updated 12 Dec 2012)
ATomkins: Andrew G. Tomkins, Monash Univ., Australia (private address; updated 17 Apr 2009)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 95, MAPS 44, 429-462 (2009)

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Geography:

Australia

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(31° 39' 51"S, 141° 14' 2"E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 56 approved meteorites from New South Wales, Australia (plus 1 unapproved name)
This is 1 of 718 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 46 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters)

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