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1.143 kg. Iron, IC
TKW 1.14 tons. Fall not observed. Found 6 April 1909 near Lake Callabonna, South Australia.
Graham writes:
This meteorite is displayed in the South Australian Museum.
Acording to the report prepared by Mr. Laybourne Smith (Curator of the
School of Mines museum), the find was made by boundary fence repairers
working on the Beltna Pastoral Company's Murnpeowie Run, at a spot
approximately 29 deg. 35m. lat. and 139 deg. 54m. long. The country at the
place is flat and devoid of stones. The men thought the meteorite an
isolated rock, and used to stand on it when scanning the plain in search of
their donkeys. One day one of the men struck the stone with a hammer, and
was astonished at the bell- like sound it emitted. With difficulty they were
able, with chisel and crowbar, to fracture off a small piece, which they
for-warded to the School of Mines for determination. On being informed by
the assayer and analyst (Mr. W. S. Chapman) that they had discovered a
meteorite, they wrote offering to sell their find, with the result that it
was acquired by the council for exhibition.
The transporting of the meteorite to Farina (the nearest point on the
railway) was undertaken by one of the discoverers (Mr. A. Hamblin), assisted
by a carter with a wagon drawn by 26 donkeys. The journey to and from the
find was 278 miles, and occupied 27 days. A careful search was made for
further pieces of the meteorite, but without success. In the vicinity of the
find was a hole, probably made by the falling meteorite. It was roughly
elliptical, with its major axis almost due east and west. It measured 16
ft. 6 in. in length, greatest width 12 ft., and depth 4 ft.
The above information is found in an extract from a newspaper. |
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Found at the arrow (green or red) on the map below
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Lizet Christine 11/6/2015 12:15:55 PM |
I am not an enthusiast of m*t*orites but this one is very very nice.... |
Graham Macleod 11/5/2015 5:24:11 PM |
Thank you all for your encouragement and great comments like Murnpe-WOW-ie!! Wilford:)
Thanks Anne and Cheers to all. |
Gourgues denis 11/5/2015 4:09:16 PM |
A BEAUTY !!! |
Anne Black 11/5/2015 12:46:37 PM |
Thank you Graham. Very Nice of you to keep on showing us specimens that we would never see otherwise. |
M Schulman 11/5/2015 11:05:32 AM |
WOW incredible meteorite. |
Wilford Krantz 11/5/2015 10:00:12 AM |
Murnpe-WOW-ie!! |
John Cabassi 11/5/2015 9:00:50 AM |
Very spectacular iron |
Wendy Swartz 11/5/2015 7:19:48 AM |
Gorgeous! Thank you for sharing the photo and history of this meteorite. |
Ray Watts 11/5/2015 5:47:57 AM |
WHAT A SPECTACULAR SPECIMEN . |
tony capillon 11/5/2015 4:30:03 AM |
wouah! vraiment tr*s belle... |
Kally Wombacher 11/5/2015 2:50:14 AM |
Cool meteorite, cool story and also a cool name. |
Andi Koppelt 11/5/2015 2:08:57 AM |
Thanks for posting this beauty! The "mother of regmaglypts" ;-) |
Jarkko Kettunen 11/5/2015 2:06:06 AM |
Beautiful piece! Thanks for the history part! |
Michael Mulgrew 11/5/2015 1:59:10 AM |
Way cool iron and a great story, thanks! |
Ian Macleod 11/5/2015 1:28:36 AM |
Great image Dad of the coolest iron at SAM by far! the story behind its find is excellent. About 6mths ago I contacted the land owners of the station near the reported impact pit hoping they could see if it still remains. I hope it does considering the lack of rain? |
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