Bencubbin / CB / Bencubbinite / Part Slice 28.85g
  • Bencubbin / CB / Bencubbinite / Part Slice 28.85g
  • Bencubbin / CB / Bencubbinite / Part Slice 28.85g
  • Bencubbin / CB / Bencubbinite / Part Slice 28.85g
  • Bencubbin / CB / Bencubbinite / Part Slice 28.85g

Bencubbin / Slice 28.85g

$5,770.00

Bencubbin (bencubinite, Australia)

 Part slice

 Weight: 28.85g

Size: 35 x 30 x 6 mm

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Description: One mass of 54kg was found 12 miles NW of Bencubbin, described, with analysis, E.S.Simpson and D.G.Murray, Min. Mag., 1932, 23, p.33. Analysis, A.J.Easton and J.F.Lovering, GCA, 1963, 27, p.753. Mentioned, A.D.Nininger, Pop. Astron., Northfield, Minnesota, 1940, 48, p.558, Contr. Soc. Res. Meteorites, 2, p.227 (M.A.8-54). Another mass of 142lb was found in 1959 or 1960 at Mandinga and is considered to be part of the Bencubbin fall, M.H.Hey, Cat. Met., 1966, p.48, Spec. Publ. West. Austr. Mus., 1965, (3), p.21.

 

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