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| Basic information | Name: Rawlinna 001 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1959 Country: Australia Mass:  74 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 16 approved meteorites classified as Pallasite, PMG-an. [show all] Search for other: Main group pallasites, Metal-rich meteorites, and Pallasites | ||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Revised 26 May 2009: Classification from Wasson (2003) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 54:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE RAWLINNA (PALLASITE), AUSTRALIA, METEORITE Name: RAWLINNA (PALLASITE) Place of find: Twelve miles SSW of Rawlinna station on the Trans-Australian Railway, Western Australia. 31°10'S, 125°16'E. Date of find: Before 1959 Class and type: Stony-iron. Pallasite. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 74 g Circumstances of find: Found by A.J. Carlisle of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia in detritus of a rabbit warren. Source: G.J.H. McCall. 1968. First supplement to Western Australian Museum Special Publication No. 3 (Catalogue of Western Australian Meteorite Collections). Western Australian Museum, Perth. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 54, Meteoritics 11, 69-93 (1976)
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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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| Synonyms: |
Rawlinna (pallasite) (In NHM Cat) | ||||||||||||||||