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SHAPES AND FEATURES OF AUSTRALITES 
Table I 
Measurements of Certain Australites 
Fig. 
No. 
Type 
Weight 
(gm-) 
Sp. Gr. 
Diameter 
(mm.) 
Length 
(mm.) 
Breadth 
(mm.) 
Depth 
(mm.) 
Width of 
Flange 
(mm.) 
1 
Small tray . . 
0.0645 
2.350 

9 
6 
1 
— 
2 
Flat oval plate 
0.276 
2.380 
— 
13 
10 
1 
8-10 
3 
Elongate bowl 
0.135 
2.410 
— 
7.5 
5 
3 
— 
4 
Curious button 
0.439 
2.425 
— 
11 
7 
5 
2 
5 
Irregular oval 
0.865 
2.436 
— 
12 
10.5 
4.5 
— 
6 
Aberrant 
4.247 
2.430 
— 
30 
11.16 
4-7 
1-2 
7 
Aberrant 
1.592 
2.408 
— 
20 
16 
0.5-7 
1-2 
8 
Elongated tray with bubble 
craters 
0.277 
2.401 
— 
18.5 
8.5 
2 
— 
9 
Pear-shaped form . . 
16.315 
2.426 
43 
1-24 
2-17 
1. 5-8.0 
10 
Ladle-like form 
0.520 
2.418 
— 
13.5 
3-6.5 
1-5 
0.5 
11 
“Aerial Bomb” 
18.860 
2.425 
— 
36 
21 
20 
— 
12 
Aberrant 
1.554 
2.413 
— 
18 
1-12 
1-10 
— 
13 
Club-like form 
5.422 
2.451 
— 
35 

— 
— 
14 
Club-like form 
2.440 
2.440 
— 
26 
— 
— 
— 
15 
Flange fragment 
0.429 
2.400 
— 
— 
■ 
4 
4 
16 
Complete flange 
0.750 
2.381 
15 (7.5) 
— 
— 
3.5 
3.75 
17 
Complete flange 
0.749 
2.385 
— 
18.5 
17 
3 
3 
18 
Complete flange 
0.961 
2.394 
18 (10) 
— 
— 
4 
4 
19 
Complete flange 
0.915 
2.395 
18 (11) 
— 

4 
3.5 
20 
Complete flange 
0.730 
2.409 
15 (7) 
— 
— 
3 
3.5 
21 
Complete flange 
0.591 
2.400 
14 (8) 
— 
— 
3 
3 
22 
Complete flange 
0.649 
2.380 
14 (8) 
— 
— 
^—4 
3 
23 
Complete flange 
0.731 
2.405 
16 (9) 
— 
— 
3 
3.5 
24 
Flange fragment 
0.272 
2.410 
17 (11.5) 
— 
— 
1.5-2 
2. 5-3.0 
25 
Flange fragment 
1.005 
2.421 
20.5 (12.5) 
— 
— 
3 
3. 5-4.0 
26 
Complete flange 
0.750 
2.381 
15 (7.5) 
— 
— 
3.5 
3.75 
27 
Complete flange 
0.731 
2.404 
15 (8) 
— 
— 
3.5 
4 
28 
Flange fragment 
0.874 
2.369 
— 
24(16) 
20 (12) 
4 
4.0— 4.5 
29 
Flange fragment 
0.992 
2.. 378 
23 (15) 
— 
— 
4 
30 
Flange fragment 
0.446 
2.335 
— 
— 
— 
i— 3 . 5 
4-5 
31 
F'lange fragment embedded in 
sandstone 
3.5 
Acknowledgments 
The author is indebted to the late Director of the National 
Museum of Victoria, D. J. Mahony, for criticism of the manuscript, 
and to Miss M. L. Johnston of the Geological Department, 
Melbourne University, for the preparation of the photographs 
used in the plates. 
Deferences 
Baker, G., 1937. Tektites from the Sherbrook River District, East of Port 
'Campbell. Proc. Roy. Soc. Viet., 49 (n.s.), pt. 2, pp. 165-77, 1 fig. 
1940. An Unusual Australite Form. Ibid., 52 (n.s.), pt. 2, pp. 312-14, 1 fig. 
Fenner, C., 1934. Australites. Part 1. Classification of the W. H. C. Shaw 
Collection. Tran.s. Roy. Soc. S. Aust., 58, pp. 62-79, 6 pi, 4 figs. 
1940. Australites, Part 4 — The John Kennett Collection. With Notes on 
Darwin Glass, Bediasites, etc. Ibid., 64, pt. 2, pp. 305-24, 1 pi., 1 fig. 
Tate R., 1879. Anniversary Address of the President. Trans. Phil. Soc. S. 
Aust., 2, p. 70. 
