AIBTEORITE UNEARTHED.
VALUABLE GEOLOGICAL FIND. By ToleEnph—Press Association—OoDyrlcht Sydney, December 12. A farmer at Molong, 172 miles northwest of Sydney, unearthed a- meteorite weighing 2661b. It is composed of magnetic iron, thickly studded with what are described as "goms of light," and is of a sherry colour. It is of considerable commercial value. The Government Geologist has purchased the meteorite for £o, and has presented it to the Sydney Museum. He describes it as geologically very valuable, and knows of only another similar in the world.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1622, 13 December 1912, Page 7
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86AIBTEORITE UNEARTHED. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1622, 13 December 1912, Page 7
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