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Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - February 19, 2010
ELLERSLIE
Queensland Australia
L5 Chondrite

Remarks: a 46.96 gram part-slice originating from the JM Dupont Collection of Meteorites (#889). A single 10.2 kilo fresh stone was found by Henry Crawford on The Ellerslie Estate in 1905. Bottom: an old Dupont Catalog excerpt showing matching collection number.





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