Henbury

Henbury Meteorite / Iron Meteorite / Australia Meteorite Name: Henbury Country: Australia Date of find: 1931 Total known weight: > 2000kg Classification: Octahedrite, medium (0.9mm) partly recrystallized kamacite structure A large number of fragments was found outside, and a few inside, the craters; about 1500lb had been collected by June 1933. Description, A.R.Alderman, Min. Mag., 1932, 23, p.19. Further description and analysis, A.R.Alderman, Rec. S. Austr. Mus., 1932, 4, p.561. See also, with analyses of the glass and the local sandstone, L.J.Spencer, Min. Mag., 1933, 23, p.387. Distribution and sculpturing of specimens from the major craters, D.McColl, Meteoritics, 1990, 25, p.384 (abs.). Specimens in weight of 2000kg are known in collections. The formation age of the craters is about 4,700 years, E.M.Shoemaker et al., Meteoritics, 1990, 25, p.409 (abs.). Study of shock effects, A.V.Jain and M.E.Lipschutz, Meteorite Research, ed. P.M.Millman, D.Reidel, Dordrecht-Holland, 1969, p.780. Hg abundance, N.A.Ozerova et al., GCA, 1973, 37, p.569. Analysis, synonymous with Basedow Range and Nutwood Downs, 7.47% Ni, 17.7 ppm Ga, 33.7 ppm Ge, 13 ppm Ir, E.R.D.Scott et al., GCA, 1973, 37, p.1957. Further analyses, J.R.de Laeter, J. Roy. Soc. West. Austr., 1973, 56, p.123. Cd and Zn abundances, K.J.R.Rosman and J.R.De Laeter, GCA, 1974, 38, p.1665. Description, deformation of metal, Gallipoli and Nutwood Downs transported Henbury, V.F.Buchwald, Handbook of Iron Meteorites, Univ. of California, 1975, p.638, 1385, 1408, A.L.Graham et al., Cat. Met., 1985, p.165. Mechanical properties, J.L.Remo and A.A.Johnson, J. Geophys. Res., 1975, 80, p.3744. Nitrogen, Li-6, Co, Fe and Ir abundances in acid resistant phases, S.V.S.Murty et al., GCA, 1983, 47, p.1061. Ga and Ge contents of chromite and associated phases, A.Kracher et al., LPSC, 1987, 18, p.515 (abs.). Siderophile element abundances in metal, impactites and target rock, M.Attrep et al., LPSC, 1991, 22, p.39 (abs.). Re-Os dating, J.W.Morgan et al., LPSC, 1991, 22, p.919 (abs.); see also, R.T.D.Teng et al., LPSC, 1988, 19, p.1189 (abs.). Nitrogen isotopic composition, I.A.Franchi et al., GCA, 1993, 57, p.3105, C.A.Prombo and R.N.Clayton, GCA, 1993, 57, p.3749. Be-10 and Al-26 data, H.Nagai et al., GCA, 1993, 57, p.3705; see also, Papers 12th Symp. Ant. Met., NIPR Tokyo, 1987, p.103 (abs.); Papers 15th Symp. Ant. Met., NIPR Tokyo, 1990, p.179 (abs.). Tungsten isotopic composition, M.F.Horan et al., GCA, 1998, 62, p.545. Further analyses, two irons distributed under the names "Mataranka" and "Australia" are transported fragments of Henbury, J.T.Wasson et al., GCA, 1998, 62, p.175. Distribution of PGEs between phases, W.F.McDonough et al., LPSC, 1999, 30, abs. #2062. Cosmogenic Mn-53 data, M.Setoguchi et al., Papers 25th Symp. Ant. Met., NIPR Tokyo, 2000, p.139 (abs.). LA-ICP-MS analysis, M.I.Petaev and S.B.Jacobsen, MAPS, 2004, 39, p.1685. Meteorite data copied from MetBase 7.0 for Windows. Author: Joern Koblitz, The MetBase Library of Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences, Benquestrasse 27, D-28209 Bremen, Germany Phone: +49 421 24 100 24 Fax: +49 421 24 100 99