Australian Museum Journal Two chondrites from New South Wales
- Shortform:
- Chalmers and Mason, 1977, Rec. Aust. Mus. 30(18): 519–531
- Author(s):
- Chalmers, R. O.; Mason, B.
- Year published:
- 1977
- Title:
- Two chondrites from New South Wales
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 30
- Issue:
- 18
- Start page:
- 519
- End page:
- 531
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.30.1977.193
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 31 December 1977
- Cover date:
- 31 December 1977
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Digitized:
- 10 February 2009
- Available online:
- 04 March 2009
- Reference number:
- 193
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (91kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (5031kb PDF)
Abstract
The Rowena olivine bronzite chondrite (H6) was broken into many fragments when struck by a plough on "Franxton" property (lat. 29°48′, long. 148°38′), 27 km west of Rowena railway station. It was found in January 1962. The stone was weathered and the weight of fragments recovered was 34.42 kg. The mineral composition and structure are given.
The Willaroy bronzite chondrite (H3) was found lying on the ground on "Willaroy" property (lat. 30°06′, long. 143°12′) on 12 March 1970. It was in four pieces the total weight being 4.05 kg. It was weathered. Mineralogical compositions and a chemical analysis are given.