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Millbillillie   contributed by Randy Sinukoff, IMCA 9754   MetBul Link


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  Eucrite-mmict

TKW 330 kg. Observed fall October 1960. Millbillillie and Jundee Stations, Wiluna district, Western Australia.

   


Randy writes:
I am including photos of my 19.4 g individual and my 8.4 g end cut, both with awesome crust representative of the Eucrite - mmict nature of this meteorite. Millbillillie fell sometime in 1960. Total mass reported by MetBul is 330 kg. MetBul says "Station workers, F. Vicenti and F. Quadrio, observed a fireball while opening a gate in the boundary fence on the Millbillillie - Jundee track. An object "with sparks coming off it" fell into a spinifex plain to their north. No search was initiated, but D. Vicenti and M. Finch found two stones in this plain in 1970 and 1971. Aboriginals have since found others. The largest stone (20 kg) and one smaller one (565 g) are in the Western Australian Museum.
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 9/20/2023 8:31:36 AM		 Agree Bernd and this pics resolve the question if meteorite when touch the flor are hot or not
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 9/19/2023 7:40:57 PM		 Hands down !!, n.4 is the most Striking Exterior i've seen.
Andi Koppelt
 9/19/2023 1:10:29 PM		 Agree Bernd, very nice crust.
Bernd Pauli
 9/19/2023 12:40:29 PM		 I love photo no. 4 ... awesome!
matthias
 9/19/2023 3:36:43 AM		 Two nice examples of Millie,Rusty. The individual showing the characertistic shining black crust, contraction cracking and the Australian laterite red at the side the piece was inbedded in the soil. Millie - great meteorite. I remember tons of happiness when I received my first sample.
 

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