Dorrigo meteorite
Dorrigo is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, ungrouped, that was found in Australia in 1948. A total of 8.5 kg was recovered.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- Dorrigo
- Classification
- Iron, ungrouped
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- Ungrouped
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- 1948
- Mass recovered
- 8.5 kg
- Country
- Australia
- Coordinates
- 30.2833° S, 152.6667° E
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about Ungrouped irons.
Meteorites near Dorrigo
- Emmaville Eucrite-mmict · 136 km away
- Moonbi Iron, IIIF · 150 km away
- Dunbogan L6 · 155 km away
- Bingera Iron, IIAB · 207 km away
- Mount Dyrring Pallasite · 267 km away
Other Ungrouped meteorites
- Washington County United States · 1927
- Norin-Shibir Russia · 1900
- Hammond United States · 1884
- Babb's Mill (Troost's Iron) United States · 1842
- Petropavlovsk Russia · 1841
- Lewis Cliff 87109 Antarctica · 1987