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Dunbogan
Macquarie County, New South Wales, Australia
Fell 1999 December 14
Ordinary chondrite (L6)
Appoximately 30 g of meteorite fragments were recovered by Paul Hancox after a stone crashed through his roof and the ceiling of his living room, and broke into many pieces, none over 0.5 g. Classification and mineralogy (P. Flood and P. Ashley, UNE; R. Pogson, AMS): olivine, Fa24.9; pyroxene, Fs20.9. Specimens: main mass with finder; type specimen, ~4 g plus polished mount, AMS
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A meteorite crashed through the roof and ceiling of a house at Dunbogan on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia, on 14 December 1999, and 30 g of fragments were recovered. The fall was observed by a girl at Tinonee, 50 km to the SSW. The meteor was observed in the mid northern sky at about 22h00 East Australian DST (GMT + 11 hrs), moving in a SSE direction. In mid-flight the meteor broke into at least 3 fragments. Detailed mineralogical and petrological examination of the meteorite have revealed that it is comparable to an L6 ordinary chondrite with mean olivine composition Fa25 and pyroxene Fs21 
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The Dunbogan (L6) meteorite fell in New South Wales, Australia, on the 14th December, 1999.
A total mass of 30 g was recovered.

31° 40'S, 152° 50'E



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