Karoonda meteorite

The Karoonda meteorite, a stony meteorite, was on November 25, 1930 at 10.53 clock near the small settlement of Karoonda in South Australia down, which is located 120 kilometers east of Adelaide.

It was observed the trajectory of the meteorite from the Eyre Peninsula to the middle of Victoria. He opened in a wheat field in sandy soils and its debris was two weeks later picked up by a search team from the University of Adelaide and the Adelaide Observatory. The bulk crashed 3.6 kilometers east of the village on the ground. 41.7 kg fragments were picked up, including two large and many small pieces, the largest weighed 3.18 kg.

The meteorite was composed mainly of olivine, plagioclase small proportions, pigeonite, pentlandite, troilite and magnetite, little pyrite, chalcopyrite and few phosphate minerals ( apatite or Merrillit ). Nickel and chromium, are not found in the examined object.

It is located in the petrological sense to a chondrite, which was designated for the classification of chondrites as CK chondrite with the K.