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| Basic information | Name: Wallareenya This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1965 or 1960 Country: Australia Mass:  4.39 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 343 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 85:
Wallareenya Western Australia, Australia Found late 1960s Iron, medium octahedrite (IIIAB) A 4386 g mass was found on Wallareenya Station, 55 km southeast of Pert Hedland. Classification and description (A. Bevan, WAM; J. Wasson, UCLA): kamacite bandwidth = 1 mm; bulk metal composition, Co = 0.502 wt%, Ni = 7.94 wt%, Ga = 20.9 ppm, Ge < 50 ppm, Ir = 2.75 ppm, Au = 0.619 ppm. Specimens: main mass, WAM. | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) WAM: Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Western Australian Museum. Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, Western Australia 6986, Australia; Website (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2011) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 348 approved meteorites from Western Australia, Australia (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 11 impact craters) This is 1 of 719 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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