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Prospector Pool

Basic information

Name: Prospector Pool
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2003
Country: Australia
Mass: 2.77 kg

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 94	(2008)	Iron-ung (IAB complex?)
Recommended:			Iron, ungrouped [explanation]

This is 1 of 130 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, ungrouped. [show all]
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Comments:

Approved 17 Oct 2008

Writeup

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Writeup from MB 94:

Prospector Pool 29° 21’S, 121° 46’E

Eastern Goldfields, Western Australia, Australia

Find: November 2003

Iron (ungrouped, fine octahedrite; possibly an ungrouped member of the IAB complex)

History: A single mass was found by J. Harrop while he was prospecting.

Physical characteristics: The irregular, weathered mass weighing 2.768 kg when found, lacks fusion crust and has a deeply pitted surface. A rust line around the mass indicates partial burial in the soil to a depth of 8 cm.

Petrography: (A. W. R. Bevan WAM) The meteorite is troilite-rich comprising metal to troilite in the approximate volume ratio 4:1. Accessory minerals include schreibersite and a trace of copper. Metal displays a fine octahedrite (bandwidth 0.4 mm) structure.

Geochemistry: (J. T. Wasson UCLA) The composition (by INAA, average of two replicate analyses) of the metal is Ni = 89.4, Co = 4.35 (both mg/g), Cr = 331, Cu = 397, Ga = 22.7, Ge = 130 ± 32, As = 12.2, W = 0.97, Ir = 4.45, Pt = 9.2, Au 1.227 (all μg/g), Sb = 180, Re = 517 (both ng/g).

Classification: Iron (ungrouped, fine octahedrite; possibly an ungrouped member of the IAB complex).

Type specimens: Main mass, now 2.437 kg, and slices, 135.1 and 42 g, at WAM. Analyzed sample 35.9 g at UCLA.

Data from:
  MB94
  Table 6
  Line 1:

State/Prov/County:	Eastern Goldfields, Western Australia
Date:	Nov-2003
Latitude:	29°21'S
Longitude:	121°46'E
Mass (g):	2678
Pieces:	1
Class:	Ungrouped member of IAB complex
Classifier:	A. W. R. Bevan WAM,
Type spec mass (g):	2678
Type spec location:	WAM, J. T. Wasson, UCLA
Main mass:	WAM
Comments:	Ni = 89.4, Co = 4.35 (both mg/g), Cr = 331, Cu = 397, Ga = 22.7, Ge = 130 ± 32, As = 12.2, W = 0.97, Ir = 4.45, Pt = 9.2, Au 1.227 (all μg/g), Sb = 180, Re = 517 (both ng/g).

Institutions
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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. 94, MAPS 43, 1551-1588 (2008)

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Geography:

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Australia

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(29° 21'S, 121° 46'E)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 346 approved meteorites from Western Australia, Australia (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 11 impact craters)
This is 1 of 714 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 45 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters)

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