[meteorite-list] 1.2 Ton Mundrabilla Meteorite To Be Sliced UpforResearch

From: Jeff Kuyken <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu May 25 09:53:39 2006
Message-ID: <003a01c67fdc$4cd02580$6501a8c0_at_mandin4f89ypwu>

Fair point Martin. The same thought actually crossed my mind as I was
reading the story. But there's another way to look at it. You listed all the
places that have those huge slices and that got me thinking. How many of
those are in Australia? None! I guess the issue is that much of it was
originally traded out leaving little in Australia apart from the HUGE main
masses. Not the most lab-friendly size! ;-)

It's not just Mundrabilla either. You could go on listing other meteorites
like it all day. Murchison for one. The large amount of Aussie material
exported in the past is probably what instigated the current Federal Laws
prohibiting export without permits.

Cheers,

Jeff


----- Original Message -----
From: Martin Altmann
To: Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com ; 'Ron Baalke'
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 9:44 AM
Subject: AW: [meteorite-list] 1.2 Ton Mundrabilla Meteorite To Be Sliced
UpforResearch


Poor Mundrabilla!
But what are the Aussies looking for?
It wouldn't be necessary to destroy the fine piece.
Wasn't the 12.1 ton mass cut in slices in former times?

And here we have a 100pound sample at Nasa
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0210/22mundrabilla/

" Such materials could be used for future spacecraft, improved jet aircraft
and in various manufactured goods from cars to household materials."

Jah exactly, I want to swap my Teflon pan against a Mundrabilla-pan, thank
you Nasa.
(But a car made out of Campo, I'll never buy..)

Moscow Acad. of Science Mundrabilla slice:
http://www.fmm.ru/meteoritesen/mundrabillaen.html

Smithonian Mundrabilla slice:
http://www.impactika.com/mundrabilla.jpg
(thanks Anne!)

Yippiie:
http://www.meteoritestudies.com/MUNDRA.JPG
(thanks Sergej Vassiliev)

A here:
http://www.jensenmeteorites.com/Largest/MUNDRABILLA-02.jpg
(thanks Mike Jensen)

And there:
http://www.sweb.cz/meteority2/impakty/meteority/mundrabila.jpg

Anyone a photo of the huge Mundrabilla slice in London?

Buckleboo!
Martin

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http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,19235735%255E2862,
00.html

Just a slice of heaven
Mary Bolling
Herald Sun (Australia)
May 24, 2006

WHAT'S 1.2 tonnes, as big as a washing machine, and falls out of the sky?

It's a meteorite, but don't panic -- it arrived in Melbourne by truck.

The monster meteorite fell about 200,000 years ago at Mundrabilla, on
the Nullarbor Plain in WA.

And it's in Melbourne with steel specialists Bohler-Uddenholm, who are
slicing up the giant for research.

The Dandenong-based team have used a 13.5m saw to cut the nickel-iron
rock in half, and are slicing one half into 15mm thick slices.

Each time they cut through the meteorite, it takes eight hours of
constant sawing.

Bohler-Uddenholm sales manager Warren Spencer said it would take about a
week to carry out the job.

"It's the first time we've ever had to cut a meteorite, but basically
it's a solid lump of iron with a few holes in it," Mr Spencer said.

An Australian museum will research the meteorite.

It will then be on display to the public.


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