Henbury
Iron, (IIIA), medium octahedrite
Found 1931
Northern Territory, Australia


Discovered in 1931, the Henbury iron meteorites are found scattered among a group of 13 craters in the Northern Territory of Australia. The meteorites fell an estimated 10,000 years ago, exploding during descent, an event witnessed by the local Aborigines who term the area as "Sun walk fire devil rock". This, passed down through the generations and endorsed by a man who was the former meteorite curator in a Queensland, Australia museum, makes this the oldest witnessed fall... "It just can't be confirmed, there's no documented evidence". Classified as a nickel-iron medium octahedrite, the internal Widmanstatten pattern is coarse and in small specimens the sudden heating and twisting forces generated at the moment of impact altered their structure, erasing the pattern.

Meteorites from Australia are getting harder and harder to get since they can no longer be exported out of the country. Who knows how long these little beauties will be available to collectors?



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Henbury  Iron, (IIIA), medium octahedrite
 Baby individuals
$5.00

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