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| Basic information | Name: Mossgiel This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1967 Country: Australia Mass:  32.38 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 2104 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 49:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF MOSSGIEL STONY METEORITE, AUSTRALIA Name: MOSSGIEL. The place of fall or discovery: Near Mossgiel, New South Walles, Australia. Date of fall or discovery: FOUND, 1967. Class and type: STONY, olivine-bronzite chondrite. Number of individual specimens: ?; it is know 23 fragments. Total weight: 32.383 kg. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: The meteorite was discovered by H. Watkin on his property «Killara». Source: Report of Dr. K. D. Collerson (Adelaide, South Australia) in a letter XII.10 1969. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 49, Moscow (1970) reprinted Meteoritics 6, 111-124 (1970)
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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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