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Cranbourne meteorite

The Cranbourne meteorite is an octahedrite iron meteorite. It is the second largest meteorite found in Australia after the Mundrabilla meteorite, but at the time of discovery it was the largest known iron meteorite in the world. It is classified as a main group IAB meteorite. It was reported in December 2024 that traces of the mineral muonionalustaite, first discovered in 2021, had been discovered on a fragment of the meteorite held by the Melbourne Museum.

Discovery
Of the 13 fragments that have so far been found, the largest mass, the Bruce Meteorite (Cranbourne 1), was found on the land of a cattle grazier by the name of McKay. It is believed he had known about the mass since he moved into the area, now Devon Meadows, in 1836. McKay told of how years previously, Bunurong Aboriginal people used to "dance around the meteorite, beating their stone tomahawks against it, and apparently much pleased with the metallic sound thus produced". ==Replicas==
Replicas
Replicas of some of the fragments could for many years be seen in "Meteorite park" in Cranbourne. However, the display has since been removed. The following table lists all the fragments of the Cranbourne meteorite: ==References==
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