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Boxhole meteorite, Boxhole Crater, Dneiper Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Boxhole meteorite | Meteorite Fall Location |
| Boxhole Crater | Crater |
| Dneiper Station | - not defined - |
| Central Desert Region | Region |
| Northern Territory | Territory |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
22° 36' 43'' South , 135° 11' 44'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Meteorite crater 180.26 km North East of Alice Springs.
Medium octahedrite. IIIAB.
A reasonable amount of material has been collected of meteorites and shale balls, since the crater's discovery in 1937. Described as similar looking to the Henbury meteorites. Larger pieces are marked with thumb prints, and small pitting, lacking in smaller pieces, all a dark brown with an oxide coating.
Internally the meteorites contain parallel bands of kamacite, averaging 0.9 mm wide, running in four directions, with some bands showing many laths infilled with black taenite. The bands are also separated by bright lines of taenite, which may thin out leaving only dark lines, or occasionally open to enclose up to 0.2 mm wide rectangular, or narrow triangular areas of darkly coloured plessite. Well defined and irregular cracks may develop lawrencite droplets after polishing. There are also some scattered brassy grains of troilite.
The shale balls are similar to that found at Henbury, and are silaceous, completely oxidised, with no iron core.
Meteorite specimens are occasionally seen for sale.
Medium octahedrite. IIIAB.
A reasonable amount of material has been collected of meteorites and shale balls, since the crater's discovery in 1937. Described as similar looking to the Henbury meteorites. Larger pieces are marked with thumb prints, and small pitting, lacking in smaller pieces, all a dark brown with an oxide coating.
Internally the meteorites contain parallel bands of kamacite, averaging 0.9 mm wide, running in four directions, with some bands showing many laths infilled with black taenite. The bands are also separated by bright lines of taenite, which may thin out leaving only dark lines, or occasionally open to enclose up to 0.2 mm wide rectangular, or narrow triangular areas of darkly coloured plessite. Well defined and irregular cracks may develop lawrencite droplets after polishing. There are also some scattered brassy grains of troilite.
The shale balls are similar to that found at Henbury, and are silaceous, completely oxidised, with no iron core.
Meteorite specimens are occasionally seen for sale.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
5 valid minerals.
Meteorite/Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Lawrencite Formula: (Fe2+,Ni)Cl2 |
| ⓘ Native Iron Formula: Fe |
| ⓘ Native Iron var. Kamacite Formula: (Fe,Ni) |
| ⓘ 'Plessite' |
| ⓘ Schreibersite Formula: (Fe,Ni)3P |
| ⓘ Taenite Formula: (Ni,Fe) |
| ⓘ Troilite Formula: FeS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Iron | 1.AE.05 | Fe |
| ⓘ | var. Kamacite | 1.AE.05 | (Fe,Ni) |
| ⓘ | Taenite | 1.AE.10 | (Ni,Fe) |
| ⓘ | Schreibersite | 1.BD.05 | (Fe,Ni)3P |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Troilite | 2.CC.10 | FeS |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Lawrencite | 3.AB.20 | (Fe2+,Ni)Cl2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Plessite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| P | Phosphorus | |
|---|---|---|
| P | ⓘ Schreibersite | (Fe,Ni)3P |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Troilite | FeS |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Lawrencite | (Fe2+,Ni)Cl2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Native Iron | Fe |
| Fe | ⓘ Native Iron var. Kamacite | (Fe,Ni) |
| Fe | ⓘ Lawrencite | (Fe2+,Ni)Cl2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Schreibersite | (Fe,Ni)3P |
| Fe | ⓘ Taenite | (Ni,Fe) |
| Fe | ⓘ Troilite | FeS |
| Ni | Nickel | |
| Ni | ⓘ Native Iron var. Kamacite | (Fe,Ni) |
| Ni | ⓘ Lawrencite | (Fe2+,Ni)Cl2 |
| Ni | ⓘ Schreibersite | (Fe,Ni)3P |
| Ni | ⓘ Taenite | (Ni,Fe) |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Arunta OrogenOrogen
- Aileron ProvinceGeologic Province
- Georgina BasinBasin
- North Australian ElementCraton
- Northern Territory
- Kalkarindji Igneous ProvinceGeologic Province
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
- Arunta BlockOrogenic Belt
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Boxhole meteorite, Boxhole Crater, Dneiper Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia