A new specimen of the Mount Dooling iron meteorite from Mount Manning, Western Australia

Details A new specimen of the Mount Dooling iron meteorite from Mount Manning, Western Australia A new specimen of the Mount Dooling iron meteorite from Mount Manning, Western Australia

Jun 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980metic..15..149d&link_type=abstract

Meteoritics, vol. 15, June 30, 1980, p. 149-155.

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Iron Meteorites, Meteoritic Composition, Australia, Surface Properties, Meteorites, Iron Meteorites, Mount Dooling Meteorite, Samples, Meteorite, Characteristics, Chemical Composition, Surface, Features, Comparisons, Microstructure, Photographs, Shape, Crust, Size, Regmaglypts, Data, Aerodynamics, Analysis, Microscopic Observations, Classification, Maps, Nickel, Gallium, Cobalt, Germanium, Concentrations, Spectrometry, X-Ray Fluorescence

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The discovery of an iron meteorite near the Mount Manning Range in Western Australia which has been identified with the Mount Dooling meteorite is reported. The 701-kg iron meteorite was found embedded in the ground at a site 3 km east of the Mount Manning Range and approximately 6 km from the probable discovery site of Mount Dooling. The meteorite has a fan-shaped or delta wing configuration, with one side smooth and slightly concave with a well defined fusion crust and the other side rough, convex and possessing numerous regmaglypts; it is suggested that the meteorite performed a delta-wing-like flight at high angle of attack through much of the atmosphere. A comparison of the chemical composition, surface features, microstructure and location of the present meteorite with those of the Mount Dooling siderite confirms that the find represents a larger specimen of Mount Dooling. In light of the present discovery and that of another Mount Dooling fragment, Gosnells, it is predicted that other specimens may be discovered in the future.

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