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Moorabie   contributed by jnmczurich, IMCA 2391   MetBul Link


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93.4 gram thin partial slice: 105.5 x 83 x 4 mm.   L3.8-an

TKW 14.04 kg. Fall not observed. Found 1965 in New South Wales, Australia.

 


jnmczurich writes:
Moorabie - the Queen of chondrules from Australia.

The close-up pictures are 5.5 x 8 mm.

Dealer trade: 1989
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Found at the arrow (green or red) on the map below
 


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 11/21/2017 10:43:16 AM		 The queen of L-3 bravo for this beautiful post.
Mendy Ouzillou IMCA#8395
 11/21/2017 6:36:17 AM		 One of my top favorite chondrites. Visually stunning meteorite.
Bernd Pauli
 11/21/2017 3:28:54 AM		 Among other things, Moorabie is "anomalous" because its silicates are highly reduced and because its bulk iron lies in the region where L/LL chondrites overlap.
Matthias
 11/21/2017 1:30:35 AM		 Wonderful and big partslice of a rare meteorite - rare by TKW, and rare as well - if not unique - by classification. Very fine piece, J*rgen.
 

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