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Millbillillie meteorite cast

Geoscience Australia

Geoscience Australia
Symonston, Australia

The Millbillillie meteorite was named after the cattle station in Australia on which it fell in October 1960. It is classified as a eucrite achondrite, a kind of stony meteorite. A fireball was observed "with sparks coming off it" by two station workers while they were opening a gate in the boundary fence on a track between Millbillillie and Jundee cattle stations. The object fell on a plain to the north. No search was made at the time but in 1970 and 1971 locals found two stones; Aboriginals have found others since. The largest stone weighed 20 kilograms.

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  • Title: Millbillillie meteorite cast
  • Location: Millbillillie, Western Australia, Australia
  • Type: Meteorite
  • Rights: Geoscience Australia / CC-BY 4.0
  • Photographer: Chris Fitzgerald
  • Museum ID: R21382
Geoscience Australia

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