Abstract
Alderman was the first to undertake a chemical analysis of the Henbury iron meteorites and reported values for Ni (7.54%), Co (0.37%), P (0.08%), C (130 ppm) and S (100 ppm) (Alderman 1932). A comparison of the Wolf Creek, Boxhole and Henbury meteorites by Wasson provided another set of values for Ni (7.44 %), Ga (17.4 ppm), Ge (34.2 ppm) and Ir (15.0 ppm) for the Henbury iron. According to Buchwald and Wasson, Henbury falls in the IIIA group (which was later combined with the group IIIB to form the group IIIAB. Hutchison 2004). The unique chemical composition of the three irons is proof that the three crater locations represent separate events that are not related to each other (Wasson 1967).
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Buhl, S., McColl, D. (2015). HENBURY METALLURGY. In: Henbury Craters and Meteorites. GeoGuide. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03955-8_7
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