Millbillillie
Achondrite, eucrite
tombée en octobre 1960 en Australie
masse totale : environ 330 kg
- Complète de 18,32 grammes
- Complète de 21,8 grammes
Extrait du Meteoritical Bulletin n°51
FALL OF THE MILLBILLILLIE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, STONY METEORITE
Name: MILLBILLILLIE
Place: On Millbillillie and Jundee Stations, Wiluna district, Western Australia.
26° 27′S, 120° 22′E.
Date of fall: October, 1960. Day unknown, but about 1 p.m. local time (0500 GMT). Recovered 1970.
Class and type: Stone. Eucrite.
Number of individual specimens: At least 3
Total weight: At least 25.4 kg
Circumstances of fall: Station workers, F. Vicenti and F. Quadrio, observed a fireball while opening a gate in the boundary fence on the Millbillillie – Jundee track. An object « with sparks coming off it » fell into a spinifex plain to their north. No search was initiated, but D. Vicenti and M. Finch found two stones in this plain in 1970 and 1971. Aboriginals have since found others. The largest stone (20 kg) and one smaller one (565 g) are in the Western Australian Museum.
Source: Dr. R. A. Binns, Department of Geology, University of Western Australia.