Thunda

62.1 kg IIIAB found in 1881

Thunda Station, 32 miles E. by S. of Windorah, 68 miles W.N.W. of Adavale. Co. Thunda; Dist. Gregory South. Lat., 25 15' S. ; Long., 142 40' E. Weight : original specimen was one cwt. or more. Compo. : "It consists mainly of iron, with nickel [98.85 per cent. nickel-iron], and a trace of cobalt ; both sulphur and phosphorus are present, together with some carbon." Sp.gr., 7.77. Fall, 1886 Ref. A. Liversidge in Proc. Roy. Soc. N.S.W., 1887, vol. 20, p. 73; also in Minerals of N.S.W., 1888, p. 221.

from Australian Meteorites by A. Liversidge (Chem. News, 62, 267)

"... The Thunda meteorite, found near Windorah, in the Diamantina District, Queensland, weighed 137 lbs., had a sp. gr. 7.78 and a well-marked crystalline structure ; it was also remarkable for numerous nodules of iron sulphide, which in crystallising seem to have given rise to the numerous fissures that proceed from them. It consists essentially of nickeliferous iron containing a trace of cobalt and a small quantity of sulphur, phosphorus, and carbon..."