catalogue of western australian meteorite collections

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Analytical details:
Fe
Ni
Co
Cu
P
S
P '."
Si
.... 89·91
..... 8·85
.... 0-74
....~Trace
.... 0·50
.... ~ Trace
.... Tr:;J.ce
.... Trace S.G. = 7·8
Total ....100·00 Anal.-Mariner & Hoskins,
Chicago. (Ward 1898.)
Whitfield records traces of
Pd and Ru.
Further analysis:
Ni
Co
Cr
Cu
Ga
Ge
10'06%
0·54%
59 ppm
253 ppm
44 ppm
91 ppm Anal.-Lovering et al.
(1957).
Another analysis :
Fe
Ni
Co
Cu
P
S
C free ....
C combined
Si
Mn
.... 89'34
9'87
0·60
0'06
0'48
0'03
Nil
0'02
Nil
Nil
S.G. = 7·84
Total
....100·40
Anal.-G. Sjostrom
(Plates V (a) and IX (b).)
3. BENCUBBIN I Stony-iron, generally considered to be a
(formerly
mesosiderite but this classification is dub-
Bencubbin) ious. Classified here as a stony-iron of
(South Mandiga)
mixed type (Mm).
Find, July 30, 1930, at Holland and Breakell's farm, 12 miles north-west
of Ben