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Ref # x209, BILLYGOAT DONGA, Stony Meteorite, nice Fusion crusted Fragment, Weight: 50.32 g
Dimensions: 36.1 x 29.6 x 28.4 mm max.
A very rare Specimen!
Latitude: 30Deg 8Min South, Longitude: 126Deg 22Min East, Nyanga Plain, Sleeper Camp, WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
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Name: Billygoat Donga
Classification: L6, Ordinay Chondrite
Location: North of Sleeper Camp, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Three masses were found 5 miles N of Billygoat Donga and about 21 miles NE of Sleeper Camp; total weight unknown; two masses lost. Remaining stone very weathered. Another stone of 142 g was found in 1963 two miles S of Billygoat Donga but has been lost. Additional finds in 1970 and 1971, within the Mulga (north) strewnfield, of 392.4g and 358.2g.
Distribution: USNM, Washington, polished mount; Two masses, 468g, WAM, Perth, found in 1970 and 1971; 142g, West. Austr. School of Mines, Kalgoorlie, mass found in 1962; 25.8g, ASU, Tempe: 15.4g, Bartoschewitz Colln., Giffhorn, Germany; 3.8g, GSC Ottawa
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 of only 893 g TKW,
not to be missed in any Aussie Collection!
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