Camel Donga is an achondrite found on the Nullarbor Plain of Western Australia in 1984. The word “donga” is a term for “campsite” in Australia. Camel Donga is a eucrite (monomict breccia), part of the HED group of meteorites (Howardites-Eucrites-Diogenites). These meteorites are believed to originate from the cooling of magma on the surface of […]
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Center Director Featured on The Science Show!
Center for Meteorite Studies Director Meenakshi Wadhwa was recently interviewed for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation program "The Science Show". You can listen to her walking tour of the meteorite collection here! […]
