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Here’s information (from the Meteorite Bulletin)
about this particular meteorite.
Camel Donga |
Basic information
| Name: Camel Donga
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No Year found: 1984
Country: Australia
Mass: 25 kg
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Classification history: |
Meteoritical Bulletin: | | (1986) | Eucrite |
NHM Catalogue: | | (2000) | Eucrite |
MetBase: | | (2006) | Eucrite-mmict |
Recommended: | | | Eucrite-mmict |
This is 1 of 275 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict.
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Writeup |
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DISCOVERY
OF THE CAMEL DONGA, AUSTRALIA, STONY METEORITE
Name: CAMEL
DONGA
Place of
find: Near Camel Donga, on the Nullarbor Plain,
Western Australia, Australia.
30°19'S.,
126°37'E.
Date of find: January,
1984
Class and
type: Stone. Achondrite, Ca-rich. Eucrite.
Number of
individual
specimens: 12
(and others)
Total weight: 7.6
kg (minimum weight)
Circumstances
of find: The first stone weighing 503 g was found by Mrs. J.C.
Campbell. A further 11 stones were found within 1 km of the original site by B.
Mason and W H. Cleverly in July, 1985. Other stones have since been found.
Source: W
.H. Cleverly, Western Australia School of Mines, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
6430, Australia.
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