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| Basic information | Name: Latham This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1977 Country: Australia | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 11509 approved meteorites (plus 6 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 74:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Latham Western Australia, Australia Found before 1977 July Ordinary chondrite (L6) An individual of unknown weight was found by T. Reid in the vicinity of Latham. Information, classification and analysis, olivine Fa4.3 [sic], pyroxene Fs20.4, A. W. R. Bevan, Western Australian Museum, Perth, Western Australia. Main mass in possession of finder; a chip of 1.1 g and a | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 74, Meteoritics 28, 146-153 (1993)
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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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