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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: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 130 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, ungrouped. [show all] Search for other: Iron meteorites, Metal-rich meteorites, and Ungrouped irons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 17 Oct 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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: |
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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. 94, MAPS 43, 1551-1588 (2008)
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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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