Geoscience
Meteors and meteorites
Some large meteorites
Meteorites vary from small pebbles to single objects or groups of many tonnes. The world's largest single iron meteorites are the 60 tonne 'Hoba' from Namibia, Africa, and a 36 tonne mass from the Cape York, Greenland. The largest falls of stones are the 'Allende', Mexico carbonaceous chondrite (over 2 tonnes of pieces) and the 'Norton County', USA achondrite (over 1 tonne of pieces). The world's largest single stony-iron is the 'Huckitta' Northern Territory pallasite (1.4 tonnes).
The largest Australian meteorites are:
- Mundrabilla, Western Australia, iron (octahedrite) 12 t, 5 t
- Cranbourne, Victoria, iron (octahedrite) 8.5 t (incl. single 3.5 t, 1.5 t)
- Youndegin, Western Australia, iron (octahedrite) 3.7 t (incl. separate 2.6 t)
- Wildara, Western Australia, stone (chondrite) 0.5 t of fragments
- Huckitta, Northern Territory, stony-iron (pallasite) 1.4 t
The largest New South Wales meteorites are:
- Barratta, Deniliquin, stone (chondrite) 203 kg of pieces
- Molong, Orange, stony-iron (pallasite) 105 kg
- Narraburra, Temora, iron (octahedrite) 32 kg
Other large Australian meteorites are:
- Murnpeowie, South Australia, iron 1.1 t
- Henbury, Northern Territory, iron (octahedrite) over 1 t of pieces
- Haig, Western Australia, iron (octahedrite) 0.526 t
- Dalgety Downs, Western Australia, stone (chondrite) 0.474 t of pieces
- Murchison, Victoria, stone (carbonaceous chondrite) over 0.1 t of pieces
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