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19. LOONGANA STATION Iron, medium octahedrite (Om) Find, north-east of Loongana Station, on the Trans-Australia Railway Line, Western Australia. Loongana Station has latitude 30° 55' S., and longitude 127° 21' E. Only a 'small fragment known, total weight 108 g, but reported to be part of a very large mass, as yet not located. Reporter-D. J. Ritchie. This collection: not represented. Other collections: Government Chemical Laboratories, Perth, one etched fragment, weight 108 g. References: none. Apalytical details: Fe 90 % Ni 7;4% S.G. = 7·6. Anal.-Government Chemical Laboratories, Perth, Western Australia. The sp€;cimen is a small whole meteorite with angular protuberances, and is so similar to Premier Downs I, that it must be suspected that it comes from the same fall. (Plate XIV (b).) 20. MELLENBYE Stone, white olivine-hypersthene-chondrite (Synonym: Mallenbye) Find, about 1929, somewhere between Mellenbye and Kadji Kadji Station, Murchison Division, Western Australia. 116° 17' E. (approximate). Latitude 28° 52' S., longitude One mass, total weight 337·6 g. Another fragment weighing 844 g is reported to have been found by G. E. P. Wellard in 1923 (see Yalgoo). This collection: W.A.M. No. S2657, two small pieces weighing 250· 7 .g and 46 g and a thin section. Other collections: British Museum (Natural History), London, 81 g. References: H, P, S. (Hodge-Smith refers to it erroneously as a stonyiron). SIMPSON, E. S. (1938)-Miner. Mag. 25: 161. . MASON, B. H. and Wiik, H. B. (1964)-Geochim, et cosmoch. Act4 28: 533-538. Analytical details: S.G. = 3·3 (low value due to oxidation of iron?). Olivine Fa 27 (Mason). Thin section examination of this stone suggests that it is considerably brecciated and recrystallized. Possibly related to the amphoterites (Mason & Wiik, 1964). (Plates XXI (a) and XXVI (a).) 21. MILLY MILLY Iron, medium octahedrite (Om) Find, 1921 (but known to natives before). Three miles from Milly Milly Ste:t,tion homestead, Murchison District, Western Australia. Latitude 26° 7' S., longitude 116° 40' E. Finder-D. MuJcahy. One mass, total weight 26·4 kg (58·25 lb.), dimensio~ 10/1 x 9/1 X 4/1. 38
This collection: W.A.M. No. 3702, main mass, weighing 24·5 kg (54 lb.). 1/3318 (Geological Survey of Western Australia collection) etched slice weighing 32·5 g. S1168 etched slice weighing 8 g (Simpson collection). Other collections: University of Western Australia, Geology Department collection, one etched slice; American Museum of Natl,lral History, New York, 230 g. References: H, P, S. ANON. (1922)-Annu. Pragr. Rep. gear. Surv. W. Aust. 1921: 53. SIMPSON, E. S. (1938)-Miner. Mag. 25: 161-162. An1l1ytical details: Fe 91 ·96 Ni 7·84 Co '77 P ·20 S ·01 C .. '02 Distinct thumb marks. (Plate III (b).) S.G. = 7·7 Anal.-E. S. (1938) ContaIns troilite nodules. Simpson - 22. MOORANOPPIN Iron, coarsest octahedrite (Ogg) Find, by natives, brought in by J. S. Edmondson in 1893. Somewhere south of Mooranoppin Farm, near Kellerberrin. Latitude 31° 35' S., longitude 117° 46' E. (approximate). Two massts (previously called Mooranoppin I and ll, but confusion evident in the literature as to which is which). Total weight, 0 ·82 kg (lIb. 13 oz.) and 742 g. This collection: W.A.M. No. 11974, cut section 109·6 g; 1/4705 (Geological Survey of Western Australia) small etched section, 43 g; Sl164, cut etched specimens 7·8 g and 3·3 g; S1164 (ll) probably main mass of the find called Mooranoppin ll, fragment with cut etched termination weighing 725 g, also 23 g fragment. Other collections: British Museum (Natural History), London, 261 g; Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 173 g; American Museum of Natural History, New York, 256 g; V.S. National Musepm, Washington, 73 g; Australian Museum, Sydney, etched slice 54 g. References: .H, P, S. COOKSEY, T. (1897)-Ree. Aust. Mus. 3: 58. BREZINA, A. (1898)-Verh. geal. ReiehsAnst. (StAnst.) Wien 1898: 62-3. WARD, H. A. (1898)-Amer. J. Sei. 5: 135-140. ANON. (1900)-Bull. gear. Sum W. Aust. no. 4: 97. ANON. (1916)-Bull. gear. Surv. W. Aust. no. 67: 135-140. SIMPSON, E. S. .(1938)-Miner. Mag. 25: 166. LOVERING et al. (1957)-Geachim. et easmach. Acta 11: 263-278. 87734-(5) 39
Page 1 and 2: THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM SPECI
Page 3 and 4: Edited by : W. D. L RIDE and A. NEU
Page 5 and 6: Catalogue of Western Australian Met
Page 7 and 8: "Preface The Meteorite Collection o
Page 9 and 10: , . I ~ Introduction This catalogue
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Page 13 and 14: The stony-iron meteorites are mainl
Page 15 and 16: (b) Calcium rich achondrites- (1) A
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Page 21 and 22: Non-metallic 30·3 . 51 g. Si0 2 AI
Page 23 and 24: This collection: Other collections:
Page 25 and 26: BILLYGOAT DONGA III Find,' 2 miles
Page 27 and 28: these iron fragments as being compo
Page 29 and 30: via Nininger). In 1963 Dr. B. H. Ma
Page 31 and 32: This collection: W.A.M. No. Sl172,
Page 33 and 34: 13. HAw Iron, medium-coarse octahed
Page 35: ..., 16. LAKE GRACE Stone, very wea
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Page 47 and 48: Fall, reported in 1897 near this si
Page 49 and 50: This collection: W.A.M.· No. 1/407
Page 51 and 52: Analytical details, etc. : incomple
Page 53 and 54: 43. YALGOO Stone, white olivine-hyp
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Page 57 and 58: References: H, P, S. GREGORY, J. R.
Page 59 and 60: e a meteorite explosion crater, aki
Page 61 and 62: , 'SYNONYMS Ashburton Downs-(Dalget
Page 63 and 64: GILGOIN Stone, crystalline olivine-
Page 65 and 66: Part Ill-Meteorites from Outside Au
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
Page 75 and 76: Acknowledgments . The authors of th
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Page 80 and 81: Plate Ill. (a) The Mount Dooling Me
Page 82: 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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