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meteorites recorded from it, tlieii A\istralia is advancing hy 

 leaps ami boniids ; moreovei-, it is cei'taiii that many meleoi'ites 

 yet wait to be discovered in some of the s])arsely settled i-e^nons 

 of Australia, where the dryness of tlie climate would make 

 their disinteo-ration a very slow process. 



Following Brezina's CMassitication^ Australian Meteorites 

 ■would be distributed as f(dlows : — 



A. Siderites. 



1. Finest octaliedrite, Off :- -Ballinoo, Cowra, Munoindi, 



Narraburra. 



2. Fine octaliedrite, Of: — Boogaldi, Moonbi. 



3. Medium octahedi-ite, Om : — Blue Tier, Noeoleche, Rhine 



Villa, Roebourne, Thunda, Tardea. 



4. Bi'oad octahedrite, Og : — Beaconstield, Cranbourne, Mount 



Stirling, Queensland, Youndegin. 



5. Broadest octahedrite, Ogg : — Mooranoppin, Temora. 



6. (\'tahedrite (unclassed) : — Barraba, Nuleri. 



7. Granulai- liexahedrite. Ha : — Bingera. 



8. Siderite (unclassed) : — Arltunga, Castray River, Lang- 



warrin, [probably = Cranl)ourne], Lefi'oy, ^lurnj^eowie, 

 Blount Dooling. 



B. Siderolites. 



1. Mesosiderite, M: — Macquarie River. 



■2. Pallasite: — -Molong, Mount Dyrring. 



3. Siderolite (unclassed) : — ^Bendock. 



4. Siderolite (F) : — Kulnine. 



C. Aerolites. 



1. Acliondrite, 



(a) Eukrite, Ku : — Binda. 



2. Chondrites. 



(a) Brecciated grey cliondi'ite, Cgb : — Barratta. 



(b) Splierulitic cliondrite, Co : — Mount Browne. 



(c) Crystalline chondrite, Ck : — (lilgoin. 



3. I'nclassed : — Cadell, Eli Elwah, Emmaville, ?Iay, Hermi- 



tage Plains, Le Gould, Warbreecan. 



4. Doubtful : — Haddon. 



D. Unclassed Meteorite. 

 Premier Downs. 



^ Ward— Cat. Ward-Coonley Coll. of .Meteorites, p. 97-1U3, 

 (Chicago 1904), 



