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| Basic information | Name: Thompson Brook This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1918 Country: Australia Mass:  76.6 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 68 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IAB-ung. [show all] Search for other: IAB complex irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 66:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. Thompson Brook Western Australia, Australia Found 1918, recognized 1971 Iron. Octahedrite, medium (0.5 mm) (IIICD). A single 76.6 g mass originally found at Thompson Brook, Western Australia, was rediscovered in the mineral collection of the Univ. of Western Australia along with the mesosiderite Donnybrook. 7.65% Ni; 60 ppm Ga; 184 ppm Ge; 1.0 ppm Ir. Main mass in Western Australian Museum. (A. W. R. Bevan, Dept. of Mineralogy, Western Australian Museum, Francis Street, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia) | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 66, Meteoritics 23, 171-173 (1988)
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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 718 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 46 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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