Mundrabilla, Western Australia
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A Medium Octahedrite, this site was first discovered on the Nullarbor Plain in 1911. In 1966, two enormous masses, one piece weighing 11 tons and one 6 tons, were found by a local prospector. |
Henbury, Northern Territory, Australia
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A Medium Octahedrite (type IIIA), the Henbury area contains 13 separate craters within a half mile radius. These meteorites were discovered in 1931 although the parent body is thought to have fallen some 47,000 years ago. |
Millbillillie, Western Australia
A Eucrite Achondrite, this calcium-rich meteorite fell in October 1960. Strong spectroscopic evidence exists that the parent body for this meteorite may be the Asteroid Vesta.
Boxhole, Plenty River, Northern Territory, Australia
A Medium Octahedrite (type IIIA) many fragments have been recovered since it was found in June 1937. The largest of these weighs in at 180lbs.
Wolf Creek, Kimberley, Western Australia
A Medium Octahedrite (type IIIB), the crater was discovered by an aerial survey in June 1947. Abundant fragments exist in the south west part of the crater rim.
Camel Donga, Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia
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Over 22lbs of this Eucrite Achondrite meteorite have been recovered since its discovery in 1984. It is unusually metal-rich for an Achondrite. |
Tenham, Queensland, Australia
Dating from an observed fall in April 1879, 350lbs of this Olivine-Hypersthene (type L6) meteorite have been recovered.
Forest, Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia
An Olivine-Hypersthene Chondrite, about 60lbs of fragments have so far been recovered.
Big Rock Donga, South Australia
Found in 1989, this Olivine-Bronzite Chondrite (type H5) weighs almost 40lbs.
Crab Hole Donga, Western Australia
An Olivine-Hypersthene Chondrite (type L), this weathered specimen was found at the bottom of a sprint in 1980.
Ingella Station, South Gregory, Queensland, Australia
An Olivine-Bronzite Chondrite (type H5), this meteorite was discovered in 1987.
Lake Labyrinth, South Australia
An Olivine-Hypersthene Chondrite Amphoterite (typeLL6), this meteorite was discovered in 1924. 57lbs of fragments were collected in 1934.
Laundry West, Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia
An Olivine-Hypersthene Chondrite (type L4), some 7oz of fragments were recovered in March 1987.
Maralinga, South Australia
A rare Carbonaceous Chondrite (type CK4), a single specimen was found here in 1974 by a prospector but it was not recognised as a meteorite until 1989.
Wiluna, Western Australia
This Olivine-Bronzite Chondrite (type H5) fell on 2nd September 1967. Over 330lbs of stones have been recovered, the largest weighin in at 22lbs.
Huckitta, Northern Territory, Australia
Although found in 1924, weathering of the surface shows that this Pallasite fell some thousands of years ago.
Mount Egerton, Gascoyne River, Western Australia
A Mesosiderite, over 50lbs of specimens have been recovered since it was first found in 1941.
Bencubbin, Western Australia
This meteorite is only 3" across but displays a complex mixture of achondrite and chondrite irons.
