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W. D. BIRCH 
Fig. 2. The present-day appearance of the Renshaw paddock, in foreground, looking southeast towards Mt Beal- 
iba. 
FEATURES OF THE METEORITE 
The meteorite is roughly equidimensional and 
measures 90 by 80 by 55 mm. Its thin, dark 
brown fusion crust is nearly complete, apart 
from where a small portion had been broken off 
one end, possibly on impact (Fig. 3A). The ex¬ 
posed area, roughly 75 by 50 mm, has the texture 
of weathered buff-coloured sandstone, with scat¬ 
tered patches of dark brown iron oxide staining 
several millimetres across. The specimen had a 
mass of 652 g and a density of 3.9 g/cc prior to 
removal of a slice for thin sectioning. A glassy 
tumulose patch, 20 mm across, occurs on one 
surface (Fig. 3B). This feature is not associated 
with any internal textural variation and may 
have been caused by the application of a high 
Fig. 3. The Bealiba Meteorite showing (A) fusion crust with missing portion removed on impact, and (B) tumu¬ 
lose patch caused by artificial heat source. Scale bar is 10 mm. 
