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I J Mineral Composition Mol. Ratios % % ·0145 Na20AL2036Si02 .... 7·6 I ·0011 K2OAL20 36Si02 0·6 r 11·5 Feldspar ·0119 CaOAL20 32Si02 3·3 ) ·0014 FeO.Ti02 .... 0·2 Ilmenite ·0032 FeO.Cr20 3 .... 0·7 Chromite ·0008 Ca5(P04)3CI 0·4 Apatite ·0216 CaSi03 2·5 I ·0040 MnSi03 0·5 I ·1906 MgSi03 19·1 r 28'7 Pyroxene ·0498 FeSi03 6·6 ) ·2023 Mg2Si04 28·5 L 40·1 Olivine ·0570 Fe2Si04 11·6 J FeS 6'3 Troilite Fe 9'2 I Ni .... 1·4 r 10·7 Metal Co .... 0·05) H 2O- 0·4 H 20 + 0·6 99·6 Analysed at the British Museum (Natural History) by Dr. A. A. MQss. (Plates XIX (a),. XXV (b) and XXVII (a).) DALGETY DOWNS II Many fragments, total weight c. 214·1 kg (472 lb.). This collection: W.A.M. No. 12175, one mass, 4·42 kg (91 lb.) (now cut into several pieces).. Other: collections: balance (main mass) American Museum of Natural History, New York, and Smithsonian Institution, Washington. References: none. Analytical details, etc.: S.G. = 3·50. Olivine Fa24 (Mason). Similar to Dalgety Downs I but fresher; the parallelism.0f metal specks is again evident, but no polymict breccia character has. been recognised. Thin section reveals similar character. (Plate XIX (b).) 9. DOWERIN Iron Find, before 1932, south of Dowerin township, Western Australia, after a scrub fire. Latitude 31 0 12' S., longitude 117 0 4' E. Large number of small fragments. 32
This collection: W.A.M. No. Sl172, one small fragment weighing 0·35 g (Simpson collection). References: H, P, S. SIMPSON, E. S. (1938)-Miner. Mag. 25: 158. 10. DUKETON (Synonym: Bandya) Iron, octahedrite (Om) Long known to exist, about 1956 was found in use as a gate-stop on Bandya Station, 10 miles north of Duketon which is 70 miles north of Laverton, Western Australia. Finders-V. R. Lloyd and H. W. Hill (March 1947) ; but originally aboriginals who discovered it partly buried in a sandy spinifex plain. Reporter-M. J. Frost. Latitude 27° 30' S., longitude 122° 20' E. One mass, total weight 118'3 kg (260'7 lb.), 20" x 14" x 8". This collection: not represented. Other collections: Geology Department collection, University of Western Australia, No. 38228, original mass with etched, cut-off corner. References : FROST, M. J. (1958)-J. roy. Soc. W. Aust. 41: 55. Analytical details: (Plate V (b).) contains troilite rods. 11. FORREST LAKES Stone, olivine-hypersthene-chondrite (Synonym: Loongana) Find, 1948, 120 miles north-east of Reid Station on the Trans-Australia Railway Line. Latitude 29° 25' S., longitude 129° 30' E. (approx.). Information recently given by the finder, T. Dimer, suggests that this meteorite included as Loongana in Prior & Hey (1953) does not come from Western Australia but from just over the South Australian border into Maralinga country. However, it must be remembered that precise definition of sites of finds cannot be expected in the case of this featureless country. It is therefore listed amongst Western Australian meteorites, but with the probability recorded that it may have fallen just insi9-e South Australia. The name Loongana is unsatisfactory in view of the true location of the find and·had in any case been adopted for another meteorite (Loongana Station), so the name Forrest Lakes has been adopted instead. One mass, small weathered stone, total weight, o· 5 kg (1'1 lb.). This collection: W.A.M. No. 1219.1, two small cut fragments and thin section, weight 38 g. Other collections: Government Chemical Laboratories, Perth, six frag. ments totalling 208·5 g. References: P. ANON. (1949)-Rep. chem. Br. Dep. Min. W. Aust. 1948: 20. 33
Page 1 and 2: THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM SPECI
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Page 49 and 50: This collection: W.A.M.· No. 1/407
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Page 53 and 54: 43. YALGOO Stone, white olivine-hyp
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Page 59 and 60: e a meteorite explosion crater, aki
Page 61 and 62: , 'SYNONYMS Ashburton Downs-(Dalget
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Page 67 and 68: CHINGE (Synonyms: Tannu-Ola, Chinga
Page 69 and 70: " ,'" . IDER* Find, 1961, lder, Dek
Page 71 and 72: NESS .COUNTY (1894) (Synonyms: Kans
Page 73 and 74: SIKHOTE-ALIN Iron, very coarse octa
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Plate Ill. (a) The Mount Dooling Me
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Plate IV. (a) The Kumerina Meteorit
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Plate VII. (a) The Mount Magnet Met
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Plate VllI. (a) The Nuleri Meteorit
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Plate IX. (a) The Mount Edith I Met
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J Plate X. (a) The Gundaring Meteor
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Plate XI. (a) The Mount Stirling Me
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Plate XII. (a) The Tieraco Creek Me
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Plate XIII. (a) The Mount Dooling M
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Plate XIV. (a) The Balfour Downs Me
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Plate XV. (a) The Bencubbin II (Nor
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Plate XVI. (a) The Bencubbin 1 (Sou
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J Plate XVII. (a) The Rawlinna Mete
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Plate XVIII. (a) The Lake Brown Met
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Plate XIX. (a) The Dalgety Downs Me
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Plate XX. (a) The Woolgorong Meteor
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Plate XXI. (a) The Mellenbye Meteor
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J Plate XXII. (a) The Sleeper Camp
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Plate XXIII. (a) The Naretha Meteor
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Plate XXIV. (a) The Forrest Lakes M
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Plate XXV. (a) Photomicrograph of t
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Plate XXVI. (a), Photomicrograph of
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Plate1XXVII. (a) Photomicrograph of
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Plate XXVIII. (a) The Wolf Creek Cr
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Index Alfianello Ashburton Downs, s
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