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Dimensions:
65.3 x 29.0 x 18.6 mm max.
Name: COOK 007
Class: H4, Ordinary Chondrite,...................... Location: Nullabor Plain, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Date: Find 1989
TKW: + 100 kg approx.
This Meteorite is listed in the Met.Bull. 77, Meteoritics, 1994, page 893. Classification and Analysis by M. Zbik, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, Australia.
Radiometric
dating of the meteorite itself estimates an age of about 4.5
billion years, suggesting it was formed at the very beginning
of the Solar System, and which makes it among the oldest material
known to exist ( the oldest rocks on Earth being only half its
age!).
We
hope you will enjoy owning this unique piece of our Solar System,
your own Space Traveler, from way out there.
Is
this really something special? You bet!
A rare South Australian Meteorite,
not
to be missed in any Aussie Collection! |