THE GLENORMISTON METEORITE. G? 
An analysis by Mr. F. Connah of the Government Analyst’s Laboratory 
“of chips from all over specimen of iron portion'’ is shown in the table of 
analyses in this paper. 
Large nodules of troilite, of which one was 1 inch by 2J inches in 
section, occurred and “ apparently there is a mixture of coarse troilite (crystals), 
graphite, and particles of iron in the nodules.” Analysis of a nodule yielded 
Per cent. 
Iron 
59-4 
Nickel 
2-0 
Cobalt 
0-3 
Sulphur 
33-4 
Residue 
2-3 
Total 
97-4 
The polished section (-see Plate VIII) after etching with dilute nitric acid 
exhibited very good Widmanstatten figures ; the lamella* are very coarse and 
range up to 4 mm. in width, the large majority being greater than 2-5 mm. 
It comes within the coarsest octahedrite classification of Farrington or 
octahedrite (ogg., Brezina). 
The curious and interesting obsidian buttons or australites which have 
been found in other Australian States have not yet been recorded definitely 
from Queensland. Some years ago Mrs. Saunders, the widow of a man interested 
in tin-mining in Northern Queensland, presented the University Geological 
Department with a collection of minerals, and in a tobacco tin containing 
pellets of cassiterite were two small undoubted australites which had been worn 
and knocked about to some extent. They weighed 1-005 and 0-591 grammes 
respectively and have densities as follows : 2-436 and 2-581. 
Whether they really came from tin-wash in Northern Queensland we will 
probably never be able to settle, but it is interesting to know that Mrs. 
Saunders did not know of their existence in the sample of cassiterite pellets. 
THE GLENORMISTON METEORITE. 
Time and Place of Falling. 
The date of falling is unknown, and the only available information 
relating to the finding is contained in a letter from Mr. F. H. Story, dated 
November 14th, 1926 : 
“• • • I regret that I cannot give you much information regarding it, 
as no one knew when or saw it fall. It was discovered when one of the boys 
was tracking a stray horse, who brought me home a small piece. I then sent 
the car and got the balance of it in. It fell on a small plain about 5 miles 
west of Glenormiston. Station House in the Boulia district or to be exact 90 
miles west of Boulia.” This would make its location about Lat. 22° 54' S 
Long. 138° 43' E. 
