DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VICTORIAN METEORITES, WITH 
NOTES ON OBSIDIANITES. 
By R. Henry Walcott, F.G.S., Curator of the Geological and 
Ethnological Collections. 
CONTENTS. 
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Introduction . . . . . . . . ■ . • • . . 5 
History of the Cranbourne Meteorites . . . . . . . . 6 
Record of Fragments taken from the Cranbourne Meteorites, including the 
“ Yarra Yarra ” Fragments . . . . ■ ■ • • . . 13 
Cranbourne No. 1 Meteorite — Plate I. . . . . • • . . 16 
Cranbourne No. 2 Meteorite — Plate II. . . . . • . . . 20 
Cranbourne No. 3 Meteorite . . ■ ■ • • • • 31 
Beaconsfield Meteorite . . . . • • ■ • • • . . 31 
Langwarrin Meteorite- — Plate III. . . . . ■ • • • . . 36 
Bendoc Meteorite . . . . ■ • • • • • . . 44 
Yarroweyah Meteorite — Plate IY. .. .. ■■ •• ..47 
Kulnine Meteorite . . . . • • • • • • • • . . 50 
Reports of Meteorites, including the Haddon Meteorite . . . . 51 
The Cranbourne, Beaconsfield, and Langwarrin Meteorites probably one 
Fall— Plate Y. . . ■ ■ • • • • • • • ■ • • 51 
Notes on Chemical Procedure . . . . • • • • . . 54 
Table of Identified Mineral Constituents . . . . ■ • . . 55 
Table of Analyses of Mineral Constituents . . . . . . 56 
Bibliography of the Meteorites . . . • • • • . . 57 
Notes on Obsidianites (Australites) . . • • • • • . . 59 
List of Localities of Obsidianites . . • • • • . . 62 
Table of Analyses of Obsidianites . . - ■ • • • • . . 63 
Bibliography of Obsidianites. . . . • • • • • . . 64 
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