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| Basic information | Name: Carlisle Lakes This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1977 Country: Australia Mass:  49.5 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 9 approved meteorites classified as R3.8. [show all] Search for other: Rumuruti chondrites, Rumuruti chondrites (type 3) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 68:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE CARLISLE LAKES (a), AUSTRALIA, STONY METEORITE Name: CARLISLE LAKES (a) Place of find: About 6 km S. of Carlisle Lakes, on the northern fringe of the Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia, Australia. 29° 10'S., 127° 05'E., approximately. Date of find: December 27, 1977. Class and type: Stone. Chondrite, anomalous. Olivine Fa37, pyroxene Fs19,. Unequilibrated. It does not resemble Mulga West. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 49.5 g. Circumstances of find: Found by A.J. Carlisle, Snr. and part of a collection of five meteorites recovered in late 1977 by members of the Carlisle family from near Carlisle Lakes. The other individuals are normal H-group chondrites, some of which may be paired. They are under investigation. Source: Dr. R.A. Binns, letter of 12 December 1978, on behalf of the Meteorite Advisory Committee of the Western Australian Museum, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 68, Meteoritics 25, 59-70 (1990)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 346 approved meteorites from Western Australia, Australia (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 11 impact craters) This is 1 of 715 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 45 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Synonyms: |
Carlisle Lakes (a) (In NHM Cat) Carlisle Lakes 001 (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||