Henbury meteorite, Henbury Cattle Station, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

Big meteorite site in Australia. Om IIIAB, 1931 TKW 1000+ kg.

Located 120 km south of Alice Springs; there are a total of 13 impact sites with largest being 183 metres in diameter with surrounding ramparts to 6.1 metres - it has been concluded that this was not a single meteorite but the result of several in a shower.

Comments: a 44 kilogram fragment is on display in the Alice Springs Museum.

Refs.:
- Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 1957, 11, 263-278.
- A Guide to the Geology and Landforms of Central Australia by R.B. Thompson, published by the Northern Territory Geological Survey 1991.

Mineral List:

	Iron

	var: Kamacite

	Taenite

	Troilite

4 entries listed. 3 valid minerals.

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