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The Boxhole meteoritic iron, Central Australia (With Plates XX and XXI.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

C. T. Madigan
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Adelaide
A. R. Alderman
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Adelaide

Extract

The Boxhole meteorite crater has been described previously. It is in Central Australia at latitude 22° 37′ 30´″ S., longitude 135° 11′ 59″ E. During the single afternoon that was spent examining this great crater, nearly 200 yards across, most of the time was occupied with taking measurements and photographs, and only a few shale-balls were found in the way of meteoritic material. Mr. Joe Webb, who lives nearby, was instructed to continue the search, and in due course he sent down to Adelaide three pieces of iron weighing respectively 17 lb. 9 oz., 1 lb. 8 oz., and 5 oz., shown in figs. 1 and 3, together with six more shale-balls. This material was purchased by the South Australian Museum. Two other small pieces of iron have been obtained by the author from other sources.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1940

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References

page 481 note 1 Madigan, C. T., The Boxhole crater and the Huckitta meteorite (Central Australia). Trans. Roy. Soc. South Australia, 1937, vol. 61, pp. 187190. [M.A. 7–72.]Google Scholar

page 481 note 2 Alderman, A. R., The Henbury (Central Australia) meteoric iron. Rec. South Australian Museum, 1932, vol. 4, pp. 555563. [M.A. 5–159.]Google Scholar