Maghemite from
Wolfe Creek meteorite crater, Carranya Station, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Locality type:

Impact Crater

Classification

Species:

Maghemite

Formula:

(Fe³⁺_0.67◻_0.33)Fe₂³⁺O₄

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

Goethite

ⓘ1 photo of Maghemite associated with Goethite at this locality.

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Wolfe Creek meteorite crater, Carranya Station, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

149388

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:149388:7

GUID (UUID V4):

9586e0f6-0570-4682-92ee-1b5706d72812

References

White, J.S. (Jr) Henderson, E.P., Mason, B. (1967) Secondary Minerals Produced by Weathering of the Wolf [sic] Creek Meteorite, American Mineralogist, 52(7-8), 1190-1197.

Reference Search (possible matching items)

	*Shoemaker, E. M., Macdonald, F. A., Shoemaker, C. S. (2005) Geology of five small Australian impact craters. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 52 (4) 529-544 doi:10.1080/08120090500180921*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details, including instructions for...Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, 52:4-5, 529-544, DOI: 10.1080/08120090500180921...cross-sections of Liverpool, Wolfe Creek, Boxhole, Veevers and Dalgaranga craters. Liverpool crater and Wolfe Creek...the crater’s brecciated wall rocks. Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater displays many striking features, including...including well-bedded ejecta units, crater-ﬂoor faults and sinkholes, a ringed aeromagnetic anomaly, rim-skirting

Maghemite from Wolfe Creek meteorite crater, Carranya Station, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Maghemite from
Wolfe Creek meteorite crater, Carranya Station, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia