Wonyulgunna meteorite, Wonyulgunna Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Wonyulgunna meteorite | Meteorite Fall Location |
| Wonyulgunna Station | - not defined - |
| Meekatharra Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
24° 55' South , 120° 4' East
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Found of Wonyulgunna Station, east of the Kumarina Roadhouse, by a local in June 1937, and about 25 kilometres south-east of Wonyulgunna Hill. It was recovered from the local collector by O.M. Bender who presented it to the Western Australian Museum.
It is 42cm x 29cm x 13cm with a specific gravity of about 7. The reference admits no detailed analysis had been done on the rock, but provides some information regardless.
It is 8.26% nickel. Kamacite plates average 1cm long and 0.5-2.5mm wide. It is a medium octahedrite. There are large areas of interstitial eutectic up to 7mm x 6mm, containing crossing bundles of minute kamacite plates each 0.1mm or less wide. There is considerable variations in the arrangement of these secondary kamacite crystals.
Bronze coloured troilite is abundant as cylindrical masses averaging 1cm in diameter. One is enfolded by a thin layer of schreibersite, and this species is also scattered irregularly over the surface. There are a large number of solid masses and tablets of cohenite, distributed in groups.
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4 valid minerals.
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Cohenite Formula: Fe3C |
| ⓘ Iron Formula: Fe |
| ⓘ Iron var. Kamacite Formula: (Fe,Ni) |
| ⓘ Schreibersite Formula: (Fe,Ni)3P |
| ⓘ Troilite Formula: FeS |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Iron | 1.AE.05 | Fe |
| ⓘ | var. Kamacite | 1.AE.05 | (Fe,Ni) |
| ⓘ | Cohenite | 1.BA.05 | Fe3C |
| ⓘ | Schreibersite | 1.BD.05 | (Fe,Ni)3P |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Troilite | 2.CC.10 | FeS |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Cohenite | Fe3C |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Schreibersite | (Fe,Ni)3P |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Troilite | FeS |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Cohenite | Fe3C |
| Fe | ⓘ Iron | Fe |
| Fe | ⓘ Iron var. Kamacite | (Fe,Ni) |
| Fe | ⓘ Schreibersite | (Fe,Ni)3P |
| Fe | ⓘ Troilite | FeS |
| Ni | Nickel | |
| Ni | ⓘ Iron var. Kamacite | (Fe,Ni) |
| Ni | ⓘ Schreibersite | (Fe,Ni)3P |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Western Australia
- Earaheedy BasinBasin
- Warakurna Large Igneous ProvinceGeologic Province
- West Australian ElementCraton
- Yilgarn CratonCraton
- Marymia DomeDome
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
- West Australian Craton
- Capricorn OrogenOrogenic Belt
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