THE GLENORMISTON METEORITE. 
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THE GLENORMISTON METEORITE. 
By H. C. Richards, D.Sc, Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, University of 
Queensland ; Honorary Petrologist and Mineralogist, Queensland Museum. 
(Plates III— VIII.) 
INTRODUCTION. 
In 1925 a metallic substance was forwarded by Mr. George Wood, Clerk 
of Boulia Shire Council, to myself as Professor of Geology in the University of 
Queensland, as a result of which its meteoric character was recognised. 
Following upon this, about a year later, the Queensland Museum purchased the 
meteorite from Mr. F. H. Story, late manager of Glenormiston Station where it 
was found. 
The mass received by the Queensland Museum shows evidence of one or 
two small pieces having been forced away, but it is in a reasonably complete 
condition, and as the list of Queensland meteorites is small some interest is 
attached to its description. 
The main specimen on being received weighed 85J lb., and in shape was 
an irregular sub -triangular shell-like mass with distinct concave and convex 
surfaces. 
The small specimen originally forwarded to myself for examination 
weighed approximately 750 grammes, while another one forwarded to Mr. B. 
Dunstan, Chief Government Geologist, weighed approximately the same amount. 
The chemical analysis made in the Government Chemical Laboratory by 
Mr. F. Connah through the courtesy of Mr. J. B. Henderson, Government 
Analyst, was made on borings from the specimen forwarded to myself. 
A fragment weighing 1,550 grammes has been sawn from the main mass 
to afford a surface for etching purposes and for examination ; the line of 
parting is shown on Plate III. 
OBSERVATIONS ON QUEENSLAND METEORITES. 
In the Records of the Australian Museum, Sydney, 1913, Dr. C. Anderson 
furnishes a Catalogue of Australian Meteorites and gives six Queensland meteorites, 
of which four are of the siderite type and two are aerolites (the Legould and 
the Warbreccan). 
The siderites are Mungindi No. 1 and No. 2 (portions of the same fall), a 
meteorite from Southern Queensland referred to in the Catalogue of Ward and 
Coonley Collection of Meteorites 1904, and the Thunda meteorite. 
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