ROCKS ON FIRE - Henbury Meteorites

HENBURY IIIA

Found: 1931
Latitude: 24 Deg 34 Min South
Longitude: 133 Deg 8 Min East
Northern Territory, Australia

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# he575 Weight: 36.81 g 40.3 x 23.8 x 15.3 mm max. SOLD	# he576 Weight: 25.21 g 35.5 x 29.2 x 12.3 mm max. US $ 31.00	# he577 Weight: 29.19 g 44.6 x 20.1 x 16.3 mm max. US $ 36.00	# he588 Weight: 31.17 g 35.2 x 26.1 x 11.0 mm max. SOLD



# he695 Weight: 21.13 g 21.4 x 20.7 x 17.6 max. US $ 26.00	# he696 Weight: 28.79 g 34.3 x 29.1 x 13.9 mm max. US $ 36.00	# he697 Weight: 31.84 g 36.4 x 26.2 x 12.7 mm max. US $ 40 .00	# he698 Weight: 23.73 g 31.6 x 16.4 x 15.0 mm max. US $ 30 .00



# he699 "Baby" Henbury Lot 43 pieces Weight: 100 g total Refer to 1 cm scaling cube for size SOLD

The Henbury Meteorite Craters are located about 150km south-southwest of Alice Springs in the Red Centre of Australia. There are 13 individual craters within a radius of one-half square mile. The meteorites and craters had been known for some time by the local residents, when in 1931 Alderman and Bedford organized small parties in order to examine the craters and recover the meteorites. Today most of the area has been closed by the government and preserved as a Conservation Reserve. Collecting is prohibited. The Aboriginies have a legend that the craters were formed during a fiery explosion; they call the place "Chindu chinna waru chingi yabu" which means "Sun walk fire devil rock".

Under the circumstances it is quite possible that Henbury is a witnessed fall. It may be estimated that by now at least 2,000 kg iron meteorite fragments have been recovered from the crater field, most of the material having been collected from sites outside the craters. The numerous common small slugs represent the ultimate stage in solid state alterations during cratering impact. Many of the fragments have ragged edges and protruding spikes. Henbury is interesting, too, because it displays various degrees of weathering, which over about 5,000 years, ranges from virtually no removal of iron to complete disintegration to shale-balls.

Here you surely not only have an interesting and fascinating rock, but also one with history. This meteorite is a piece from out of this world, about 4.5 billion years old, your own little Piece of Heaven!

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