|
Boxhole | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic information | Name: Boxhole This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1937 Country: Australia Mass: 500 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 343 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all] Search for other: IIIAB irons, Iron meteorites, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MB 53:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCREDITING OF THE HART RANGE, AUSTRALIA, IRON METEORITE J. R. de Laeter (Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 56, 123-128, 1973) has shown from a detailed examination of the geographical location, microstructure, and chemical composition that the Hart Range meteorite is a piece of the Boxhole shower. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Buchwald | The following entries were found for Boxhole in Buchwald (1975) [Buchwald, Vagn F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites. University of California Press, 1418 pp.]
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catalogs: |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 53, Meteoritics 10, 133-158 (1975)
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Photos: |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Geography: |
Statistics: This is 1 of 13 approved meteorites from Northern Territory, Australia (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 10 impact craters) This is 1 of 719 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 11 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proximity search: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Crosslinks: |
This lists all records that are linked to this record and to each other.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Also see: |
This lists the most popular meteorites among people who looked up this meteorite.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Synonyms: |
Hart Range (In NHM Cat) |