This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. FALL OF MURCHISON STONE METEORITE SHOWER, AUSTRALIA. The place of fall or discovery: Near Murchison, Victoria, Australia;? Date of fall or discovery: FALL, September 28,1969, between 10.
Class and type: STONE, carbonaceous chondrite, type II or III. Number of individual specimens: Meteorite shower on an area over 5 square miles. Total weight: About 4 ½ kg; largest mass weights 680.2 g. Circumstances of the fall or discovery: A fireball was seen. It was parted into three pieces before its disappearing. After that a cloud of smoke was seen and 30 seconds later a tremor was heard. Some of the specimens were found on a road and the largest one weighing 680 g came through a roof and fell in the hay. Please take your time and don't pay for up to 2 weeks.BOX 310, Tombstone, AZ 85638.