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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.