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| Basic information | Name: Dunbogan This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1999 Country: Australia Mass:  30 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 12583 approved meteorites (plus 8 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 85:
Dunbogan Macquarie County, New South Wales, Australia Fell 1999 December 14 Ordinary chondrite (L6) Appoximately 30 g of meteorite fragments were recovered by Paul Hancox after a stone crashed through his roof and the ceiling of his living room, and broke into many pieces, none over 0.5 g. Classification and mineralogy (P. Flood and P. Ashley, UNE; R. Pogson, AMS): olivine, Fa24.9; pyroxene, Fs20.9. Specimens: main mass with finder; type specimen, ~4 g plus polished mount, AMS. | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
AMS: Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2011) UNE: Earth Sciences Department, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia (institutional address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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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 718 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 46 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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