A new meteoric iron found near Kyancutta, South Australia

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The local interest aroused by the discovery in 1931 of the meteorite craters near Henbury in Central Australia has led to the finding of a new meteoric iron in South Australia. This is due to the energy and enthusiasm displayed by Mr. R. Bedford of the Kyancutta Museum. According to his letter dated August 23, 1932, the mass was found in June 1932 by a farmer, Mr. L. G. Gardiner, whilst cultivating a sandy paddock 28 miles ESE. of Kyancutta. It was turned up from just beneath the surface. He describes it as weighing 72 lb., and being 17 inches long and roughly triangular in section with a thickness of about 8 inches. The mass is weathered and one face shows four Sharply cut hemispherical pits (fig. 2) averaging 1¼ inches in diameter and 1 inch in depth. The main mass is now in the Kyancutta Museum.