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Here’s information (from the Meteorite Bulletin) about this particular meteorite.

Camel Donga
Basic information Name: Camel Donga
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1984
Country: Australia
Mass: 25 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  
  		(1986)  Eucrite
NHM Catalogue:  
(2000)  Eucrite
MetBase:  
(2006)  Eucrite-mmict
Recommended:  

Eucrite-mmict 

This is 1 of 275 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict.
Writeup
          
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DISCOVERY OF THE CAMEL DONGA, AUSTRALIA, STONY METEORITE

Name: CAMEL DONGA

Place of find: Near Camel Donga, on the Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia, Australia.

30°19'S., 126°37'E.

Date of find: January, 1984

Class and type: Stone. Achondrite, Ca-rich. Eucrite.

Number of individual

specimens: 12 (and others)

Total weight: 7.6 kg (minimum weight)

Circumstances of find: The first stone weighing 503 g was found by Mrs. J.C. Campbell. A further 11 stones were found within 1 km of the original site by B. Mason and W H. Cleverly in July, 1985. Other stones have since been found.

Source: W .H. Cleverly, Western Australia School of Mines, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia 6430, Australia.