Mount Magnet meteorite
Mount Magnet is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, IAB-sHH, that was found in Australia in 1916. A total of 16.6 kg was recovered.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- Mount Magnet
- Classification
- Iron, IAB-sHH
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- IAB-SHH
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- 1916
- Mass recovered
- 16.6 kg
- Country
- Australia
- Coordinates
- 28.1667° S, 118.5000° E
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about IAB irons.
Meteorites near Mount Magnet
- Windimurra H4/5 · 9 km away
- Dalgaranga Mesosiderite-A · 133 km away
- Youanmi Iron, IIIAB · 150 km away
- Murchison Downs Iron, ungrouped · 174 km away
- Yalgoo LL · 176 km away
- Mount Dooling Iron, IC · 186 km away
Other IAB-SHH meteorites
- Garden Head Canada · 1944
- Linville United States · 1882
- Kofa United States · 1893
- Gay Gulch Canada · 1901