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Figure 3 Australites from Earaheedy Station, Western Australia, ps signifies posterior surface of flight, as anterior 
surface, se side elevation, ee end elevation. In elevational views, direction of flight is towards bottom of 
page. Scale in centimetres and millimetres. A: ps of boat-core broken through bubble crater. B and C: ps 
and se of dumbbell-lens. D: as of half-dumbbell indicator II. E and F: ps and se of abraded dumbbell-core. 
G: se of teardrop-lens. H: as of teardrop-indicator II. I, J and K: se, ps and ee of teardrop-core. L, M and N: 
ps, se and ee of conical core. O: as of broken elongate indicator II, so-called "trilobite". P: se of broken 
elongate indicator II, "club" form. Q and R: flow-ridged outer and spalled inner surfaces of fragment of 
stress shell. S and T: flow-ridged outer and spalled inner surfaces of composite flange-stress shell fragment. 
U: Broken lens-form losing stress shell along sawcuts. V: Flake. W: Flake with radial percussion ribbing. X: 
Flaked core. Y: Worked flake. Z: Worked flake. AA and BB: Two views of a pointed australite tool. CC: 
Small chisel-shaped tool ex elongate indicator II, other side similar. DD: Chisel-shaped tool ex stout-waisted 
dumbbell-core, other side closely similar. 
COMPARISON BETWEEN AUSTRALITES 
FROM EARAHEEDY STATION AND FROM 
THE EASTERN GOLDFIELDS 
The sample was classified morphologically and 
extracts from the classification with weight data 
are presented in Table 1 using the system and 
procedure of Cleverly (1986). The mean values and 
standard deviations for eight samples from the 
Eastern Goldfields centred about 500 km to the 
south are also given in Table 1. A comparison is 
made because both Earaheedy Station and the 
Eastern Goldfields have an arid to sub-arid climate 
and internal drainage, and are within the field of 
occurrence of the "normal australite" chemical type 
(Chapman 1971). 
The only major difference between the Earaheedy 
