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Classification of ten new Nullarbor Region meteorites
Author(s) -
BENEDIX G. K.,
KEIL K.,
MURAKAMI J. Y.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
meteoritics and planetary science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.09
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 1086-9379
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1999.tb01395.x
Subject(s) - chondrite , meteorite , geology , geochemistry , mineralogy , astrobiology , physics
— We classified ten new ordinary chondrites found in 1993 in the Nullarbor Region of Western Australia, seven of which were found in the Reid area (Reid 018–024) and three in the Hughes area (Hughes 027–029). Six of these are H and four are L chondrites, with petrologic types ranging from 4 to 6 and shock classifications from S2 to S4. All of the samples are small and, in most cases, heavily weathered, making pairing difficult.