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Mellenbye meteorite, Mellenbye Station, Yalgoo Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Mellenbye meteorite | Meteorite Fall Location |
| Mellenbye Station | - not defined - |
| Yalgoo Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
28° 51' South , 116° 17' East
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Deposit first discovered:
1929 (approx.)
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Morawa | 699 (2012) | 48.5km |
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Mallenbye meteorite
E.S. Simpson spotted this fragment on the shelf in a hotel, and convinced the owners to give it to him for the Western Australian Museum collection.
He believed it to be one quarter of the whole body. It was found by two gold prospectors somewhere between the Mellenbye and Kadji Kadji homesteads.
The surface is covered in brown fused rust on two sides, and the interior is also much rusted. It contained 5% nickel iron with a specific gravity of 3.32, described as a common type of chondrite. The meteorite contains white hypersthene-olivine-chondrite, but had not been fully studied.
Several Masses: (1) 337.6 g; (2) 844 g (found in 1923).
The Western Australian Museum Catologue No. S2657 comprises 2 pieces - 250.7g and 46g in thin section. The British Natural History Museum holds a piece of 81g.
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' |
| ⓘ 'Hypersthene' Formula: (Mg,Fe)SiO3 |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Unclassified | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | 'Hypersthene' | - | (Mg,Fe)SiO3 |
| ⓘ | 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Hypersthene | (Mg,Fe)SiO3 |
| O | ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series | |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Hypersthene | (Mg,Fe)SiO3 |
| Mg | ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series | |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Hypersthene | (Mg,Fe)SiO3 |
| Si | ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series | |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Hypersthene | (Mg,Fe)SiO3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series | |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Western Australia
- West Australian ElementCraton
- Yilgarn CratonCraton
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
- West Australian Craton
- Western Yilgarn CratonCraton
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