Ref.#42 MOUNT DOOLING (IC) Iron Meteorite, small fragment, 7.46 g

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Ref # 42,  MOUNT DOOLING (IC), Iron Meteorite Fragment, 7.46 g

Dimensions: 26.1 x 17.7 x 10.2 mm max.

A rare Specimen!

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Name: Mount Dooling

Classification: IC, sulfide-rich iron, medium

Location: North Yilgarn, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Latitude: 29Deg 27Min South, Longitude: 119Deg 43Min East

Total Known Weight: + 734 kg approx.

 


The MOUNT DOOLING Meteorite belongs to the rare IC class of Irons. The records in the Database of the Meteoritical Society show only 10 IC irons! Measurements of the Gallium, Germanium and Nickel compositionof the Mount Manning (710kg) and Gosnells meteorites show they both belong to the Mount Dooling fall.

Further examination showed that the Gosnells specimen, which were found near Perth, must have been transported from the Mount Manning region by humans. This is possibly one of the few wexamples of a meteorite that may have been transpoerted by Aborigines.

The IC meteorites of this small group are a bit similar to the members of the IAB group. Most of them are coarse octahedites. Well-known, representative members of the IC group include the meteorites of Bendego, Santa Rosa, Murnpeowie, and Mount Dooling.

The reason dfor the Widmanstätten pattern being so ill-defined is the almost entire absence of taenite and plessite fields. This is in harmony with the nickel analyses, showing 6.2% on the average.

We hope you will enjoy owning this unique piece of our Solar System, your own Space Traveler, from way out there.

Is this really something special? You bet!.

A Meteorite not to be missed in any Aussie Collection!