Huckitta (meteorite)
| Huckitta | ||
|---|---|---|
Observed fall No | | |
| Fall date | Prehistory | |
| Found date | 1924 | |
| TKW | 2300 kg | |
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Huckitta is a
Cattle Station in the Northern Territory of Australia
.
History
In 1924 a meteoritic mass of 1,084 grams (38.2 oz) was found by
main mass of 1,411.5 kilograms (3,112 lb) was recovered by Cecil Madigan[2] at Huckitta (22°22'S, 135°46'E).[3] Over 900 kilograms (2,000 lb) of iron shale was also found. The Alice Springs meteorite was then paired with the main mass and considered a transported fragment. Today the location of the site where the main mass was found is on Arapunya Cattle Station, which had been part of Huckitta Cattle Station but was excised from it after the meteorite had been recovered[citation needed
].
Composition and classification
It is a pallasite related to Main Group of pallasites. This pallasite is severely weathered: almost all of the metal is highly oxidized and transformed mainly into maghemite and goethite, and the olivine crystals are often altered. Sometimes it is called an anomalous Main Group pallasite because, compared to other Main Group pallasites, it has rather high Ge and Ga contents, higher Pt, W, Ir, and lower Au content.
Specimens
- Main mass, South Australian Museum, Adelaide
- 4.3 kilograms (9.5 lb), Fort Worth, Texas
- 2.2 kilograms (4.9 lb), Arizona State University, Tempe
- 1 kilogram (2.2 lb), Natural History Museum, London
- 733 grams (25.9 oz), Max Planck Institute, Mainz
- 403 grams (14.2 oz), National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.
- 352 grams (12.4 oz), Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
Notes
- ^ Meteoritical Bulletin Database: Huckitta
- ^ Online Edition of Australian Dictionary of Biography: Madigan, Cecil Thomas (1889 - 1947)
- ^ "Piece Cut from Huckitta Meteorite". Trove.nla.gov.au. News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954)(32). 1938-06-11. Retrieved 2021-05-31.