Mem. Nat. Mus. Vict., 12, 1941. 
THE BOND SPRINGS STONY METEORITE. 
By George Baker, M.Sc., and A. B. Edwards, Ph.D. 
Plate XII, Figs. 1-4. 
Intkoduction. 
The stony meteorite (aerolite) described herein was pre- 
sented to the Geology Department Museum of the University 
of Melbourne in June, 1931, by Mr. F. H. McK. Grant. It 
is reported to have been found near the Overland Telegraph 
Line, five miles south of Six Mile Creek, and about ten miles 
west of Mt. Sir Charles; this locality is north of the 
MacDonnell Ranges, about fifteen miles from Alice Springs, 
and three miles west of the Bond Springs Station, Lat. 
23° 30' S., Long. 133° 50' E. Mr. Grant, to whom the meteorite 
was given in August, 1898, states that it was found on the 
surface of the ground when Oodnadatta was the railway 
terminus. The line to Oodnadatta was opened in 1891, and 
it is, therefore, assumed that the specimen was collected 
between 1891 and 1898. 
There is no record of an observed fall of meteorites in this 
area, which was seldom visited by Europeans until recent 
years. The fresh appearance of tlie specimen suggests that 
it is not very ancient, although weathering is slow in this 
arid region. 
No records of aerolites from Central Australia are included 
in Fletcher’s index to meteorites represented in the British 
Museum collection (6), nor in Hodgc-Smith’s list of Aus- 
tralian meteorites (7), and Mr. Ilodge-Smith, in a communi- 
cation to the writers of this paper, states tliat the specimen 
here described is the first known Central Australian aerolite. 
We suggest that it be designated the Bond Springs Aerolite 
to distinguish it from the Alice Springs Pallasite (7, p. 70) 
which was found in the same district. The meteorite was 
examined by transmitted and by reflected light. 
General Description. 
The aerolite is of the enstatite-olivine chondrite type. It 
is free from fracture or other damage, and although small, is 
apparently complete. The outer skin, which is relatively 
smooth and free from pits or “thumb-marks,” is dull, dark 
brown to black and less than 0 25 mm. thick; occasional 
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