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| Basic information | Name: Ballarat This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1867 Country: Australia Mass:  15 g | ||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 82 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, IAB complex. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 87:
Ballarat Victoria, Australia Found between 1867 and 1874 Iron (IAB) The 15 g meteorite was found during mining operations by the Park Company in deep lead placer deposits below basalt flows in the West Ballarat goldfield. The meteorite was donated by Henry Rosales to the University of Melbourne in the 1890s. Classification and description (J. Wasson, UCLA; W. Birch, Vic; L. Samuels, Monash): Nickel 6.1–6.3%, Co 0.36%, Ga 95 µg/g, Ge 480 µg/g, Ir 1.1 µg/g. The meteorite consists of subgrains of kamacite crossed by partially resorbed Neumann bands and contains abundant schreibersite. Specimens: main mass and type specimen Vic. | ||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
Monash: Building 28
School of Geosciences
Monash University
Victoria 3800
Australia, Australia (institutional address; updated 12 Dec 2012) UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) Vic: Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666E, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia; Website (institutional address; updated 26 Oct 2011) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 16 approved meteorites from Victoria, Australia This is 1 of 718 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 46 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||
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