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15th Sep 2013 00:12 UTCHelmut Meyer

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Wolfe Creek meteorite crater, Carranya Station, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia

In 2009 I've found a the stone - picture attached ... IMG_6679 ... at the NE side within the Wolfe Meteor Crater in Westen Australia.

I'm pretty sure to know WHERE within the Crater I found it.

The structure of the stone to be seen at Your site under http://www.mindat.org/photo-63246.html looks about identical compared to the stone I found.

By the way - my stone I gave the name: "Captain Space".

Always I thought, that its a meteorite fragament from the meteorite which came down about 300.000 years ago.

Best regards - Helmut Meyer - triocean@aol.com

15th Sep 2013 01:56 UTCReiner Mielke Expert

The rock on the stump does not look like a meteorite to me. It exhibits a crystalline structure that meteorites do not have. Is it magnetic?

15th Sep 2013 02:17 UTCEugene & Sharon Cisneros Expert

We sold a number of Wolfe Creek specimens in the past and they all pretty much looked like dog doo.

In the fragments the iron has converted to a ferric state of goethite and maghemite, whereas the nickel has oxidised to a bivalent state

I would say that Helmut's specimen is consistent with the ones we had. Wolfe Creek ranks high on the list of the ugliest meteorites that I have ever seen.

Gene

15th Sep 2013 03:48 UTCAlfredo Petrov Manager

I think it's beautiful! The differential weathering of the different Fe-Ni phases leaves a fascinating surface texture. But then some folk think my tastes are strange, I do confess.

15th Sep 2013 23:35 UTCDean Allum Expert

Gene,

A comment regarding the magnetism of those meteorites would be helpful for positive ID, if you remember.

-Dean