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Veevers meteorite, Veevers Crater, Gibson Desert, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Veevers meteorite | Meteorite Fall Location |
| Veevers Crater | Crater |
| Gibson Desert | Desert |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
22° 58' 12'' South , 125° 22' 21'' East
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Veevers crater is an impact crater located on a flat desert plain between the Great Sandy and Gibson Deserts in the center of the state of Western Australia, Australia. The site is very remote and difficult to visit.
The iron meteorite fragments collected around the crater are classified as a coarse octahedrite belonging to chemical class IIAB; the fragments show considerable evidence of deformation presumably related to the impact explosion. It has been inferred that the original meteorite was in the size range of 100-1000 tonnes, probably closer to the latter, now dispersed as fragments within the crater breccia and ejecta.
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2 valid minerals.
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| ⓘ Native Iron Formula: Fe |
| ⓘ Native Iron var. Kamacite Formula: (Fe,Ni) |
| ⓘ Taenite Formula: (Fe,Ni) |
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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 | (Fe,Ni) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| Fe | Iron | |
|---|---|---|
| Fe | ⓘ Native Iron | Fe |
| Fe | ⓘ Native Iron var. Kamacite | (Fe,Ni) |
| Fe | ⓘ Taenite | (Fe,Ni) |
| Ni | Nickel | |
| Ni | ⓘ Native Iron var. Kamacite | (Fe,Ni) |
| Ni | ⓘ Taenite | (Fe,Ni) |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Central Australian ElementCraton
- Northern Territory
- Kalkarindji Igneous ProvinceGeologic Province
- Western Australia
- Canning BasinBasin
- Warakurna Large Igneous ProvinceGeologic Province
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
- Muscgrave RangesOrogenic Belt
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Veevers meteorite, Veevers Crater, Gibson Desert, Western Australia, Australia