Wedderburn meteorite

Wedderburn meteorite
Type	Iron [1]
Group	IAB-sLH [1]
Country	Australia
Region	Victoria
Coordinates	36°26′S143°38′E / 36.433°S 143.633°E / -36.433; 143.633 [1]
Observed fall	No [1]
Found date	1951 [1]
TKW	210 grams (7.4 oz) [1]

The Wedderburn meteorite is an iron meteorite discovered in 1951 near the town of Wedderburn in the state of Victoria, Australia.

In 2019 it was announced that edscottite, a mineral previously not found in nature, had been identified in a sample of the Wedderburn meteorite. ^{[2] [3]} It is believed the mineral was created in the core of another planet. ^{[2] [4] [5]}

References

1. "Wedderburn". The Meteoritical Society. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
2. Mannix, Liam (31 August 2019). "This meteorite came from the core of another planet. Inside it, a new mineral". The Age. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
3. Ma, Chi; Rubin, Alan (September 2019). "Edscottite, Fe5C2, a new iron carbide mineral from the Ni-rich Wedderburn IAB iron meteorite" . American Mineralogist. 104 (9): 1351–1355. Bibcode:2019AmMin.104.1351M. doi:10.2138/am-2019-7102. S2CID   201724528 . Retrieved 1 September 2019.
4. "Rare meteorite contains a new mineral, never seen before in nature". Stuff. September 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
5. Dockrill, Peter. "Scientists Confirm The Discovery of a Mineral Never Before Seen in Nature". ScienceAlert. Retrieved 2019-09-02.