Mundrabilla meteorite

Rare Iron Meteorite from Mundrabilla; contorted shape with regmaglyptos. It weighs 75.5 g and measures 5.5 x 3.2 cm.
Classification: Mundrabilla Meteorite - IAB Iron


Nullarbor Plains in Western Australia

• In March 1966, two iron masses, one of 10-12 metric tons and the other of 5.5 metric tons, were found north of the transcontinental railroad near Mundrabilla station in the outback of Australia.

Regmagglipts are shallow, fingerprint-like depressions on the surface of larger meteorites that are formed by preferential local ablation of surface material when a meteor passes through Earth's atmosphere. They are probably made up of hot gas vortices.