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| Basic information | Name: Binya This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1981 Country: Australia Mass:  11.3 kg | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 9 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIF. [show all] Search for other: IIIF irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 84:
Binya New South Wales , Australia Found 1981 April 1 Iron, coarse octahedrite An 11.3 kg iron meteorite was found by a farmer while he was plowing a wheat field. Description and composition (R. Binns, CSIRO; J. de Laeter, CUWA): kamacite extensively recrystallized; bandwidth 1.0–1.5 mm; composition by atomic absorption and x-ray fluorescence, Ni = 7.55 wt%, Co = 0.40 wt%, P = 0.19 wt%, Ga = 7.2 ± 0.8 ppm, Ge < 1 ppm, Ir = 7 ± 3 ppm; tentatively assigned to group IIIF. Specimens: main mass with finder; type specimen, 34.8 g, QM. | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
QM: Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia (institutional address) CSIRO: CSIRO Division of Exploration and Mining, PO Box 136, North Ryde, New South Wales 1670, Australia (institutional address) CUWA: Curtin University, Perth 6845, Western Australia, Australia (institutional address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 84, MAPS 35, A199-A225 (2000)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 56 approved meteorites from New South Wales, Australia (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 719 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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