| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 353 The Huckitta meteorite, Central Australia. (With Plates X I I - X V . ) By C. T. M~DmAN, M.A., D...January 26, 1939.] Discovery. author arrived at Huckitta station, 135 miles north-east of T HE Alice Springs...at the north end of the Simpson Desert. 1 The manager of the station, Mr. W. Madrill, said t h a t a...haft-caste named Mick Laughton employed on the station had a stone he would like to show, and this was...consist in part at least of malleable iron, and a meteorite was at once suggested. The specimen was not very | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | leucite-rich rocks of the West Kimberley Area, Western Australia." By Dr. R. T. Prider. Three minerals have been...Switzerland, is bavenite. (6) " The Huckitta meteorite, Central Australia." By Dr. C. T. Madigan, with, chemical... A large pallasite was found in 1937 near Huckitta station, 135 miles N.E. of Alice Springs. The mass...some plessite areas and little troilite and schreibersite. Olivine, with MgO : FeO = 6-8, forms 58% by...Africa is included, each country, colony, or territory being dealt with by a first-class local authority | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Switzerland, is bavenite. (6) " The Huckitta meteorite, Central Australia." By Dr. C. T. Madigan, with, chemical... A large pallasite was found in 1937 near Huckitta station, 135 miles N.E. of Alice Springs. The mass...some plessite areas and little troilite and schreibersite. Olivine, with MgO : FeO = 6-8, forms 58% by...Africa is included, each country, colony, or territory being dealt with by a first-class local authority...by countries is extraordinarily instructive. In Northern Africa, in Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, Tripoli, and | | | Book | Arizona, in his demonstration of preparing the meteorite for presentation and etching etc. I acknowledge...highly presentable manner. First published in Australia in 1995 by Hill of Content Publishing Company...Company Pty Ltd 86 Bourke Street Melbourne 3000 Australia © Copyright Hugh Carman 1995 Cover photograph:...eleven tonne Mundrabilla meteorite at the Perth Museum, WA Typeset in Australia by Midland Typesetters...Printing Co (S’pore) Pte Ltd. National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data Carman, Hugh | | | Book | Reader in Geology at the University of Western Australia David & Charles: Newton Abbot ISBN 0 7153 5560...Stones from the Sky 17 3 Astronomical 27 4 Meteorite Flight, Falls, and Impacts 37 5 The Morphology...Possible Primitive Life 213 Forms 5 CONTENTS 18 Meteorite Ages and Isotopic Studies 219 19 The Origin... Illustrations PLATES PAGE The fall of the Sikhot-Alin Meteorite (Academy of Sciences of the USSR) 45 The re-entry...Schwarz) 49 The World's largest single meteorite mass-the Hoba meteorite, South West Africa (American Museum | | | Book | obtain a panorama of the scope and substance of meteorite research. I endeavored to remedy this situation...not exhaustively discussed—the great upsurge in meteorite research along many new lines in recent years...and conservation of meteoritic material. Every meteorite is to some degree unique; and meteorites, unlike...I not been favored bv the curatorship of the meteorite collection of The American Museum of Natural History...Chicago Natural History Museum, the Nininger Meteorite Collection (Arizona State University, Tempe), | | | Book (volume) | Appendices, References PUBLISH ED FOR THE CENTER FOR METEORITE STUDIES, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY BY THE UNIVERSITY...Poems, London,l803 PREFACE The Center for Meteorite Studies is pleased to have the opportunity to...work. As a part of his travels the Center for Meteorite Studies is proud to acknowledge the year he spent...teaching about the meteorites in the Nininger Meteorite Collection. This set of books is the most comprehensive... Foremost certainly as far as the Center for Meteorite Studies is concerned is Herbert G. Fales whose | | | Book | a giant meteorite on the Earth; inside appearance of the famous Arizona (Barringer) meteorite crater,...diameter. (From the book by Nininger, Arizona’s Meteorite Crater. Past-Present-Future11.) Pergamon Press...2198/66 1387164 Contents Introduction I. Meteorite craters on the surface of the Earth 1 1. The...Description of craters Conclusion 2. Authentic meteorite craters 1 3 4 6 8 8 Arizona Odessa Henbury Wabar...11 19 27 31 33 42 42 42 46 48 58 3. Suspected meteorite craters 60 Bosumtwi (Ashanti) Talemzane Mount | | | Book | Mattson CRYSTAL FORM AND STRUCTURE/Cecil /. Schneer METEORITE CRATERS/C. J. H. McCall 01111111m1111111111...Papers in Geology/ 36 A BENCHMARK ® Books Series METEORITE CRATERS G. J. Edited by H. MCCALL Senior Consultant...under title: Meteorite craters. (Benchmark papers in geology; 36) Includes indexes. 1. Meteorite craters-Addresses...suffers from twin difficulties-isolation from central library resources and immensely diffused sources...under title: Meteorite craters. (Benchmark papers in geology; 36) Includes indexes. 1. Meteorite craters-Addresses | | | Book | 2. Lunar geology. 3. Planets — Surfaces. 4. Meteorite craters. I. Title. QB501.K56 550'.999 75-45357...at Mecca. This stone is widely reputed to be a meteorite and even thought to be the oldest preserved fragment...Jefferson was quoted in reference to a report of a meteorite fall; “. . .It may be very difficult to explain...of modes of meteorite origin, and possible genetic relations between different meteorite types. More... Paris Museum of Natural History, Center for Meteorite Studies of Arizona State University, Harvard and | | | Book | Beaconsfield Parade, Middle Park, Melbourne 3206, Australia © Cambridge University Press 1982 First published...Importance 90 Definitions 91 Fall phenomena 91 Kirin meteorite shower 93 Classification, internal structure...features 107 Abundance 109 Antarctic meteorites 110 Meteorite ages 111 Formation interval 111 Formation age...modification 129 Criteria for identification of meteorite impact craters 130 General 130 Shock metamorphism...163 Contents Vil Aouelloul glass 164 Libyan Desert glass 164 Irghizites 165 Darwin glass (Queenstownite) |
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