Millbillillie | |
Type: | Achondrite |
Clan: | HED meteorites[1] |
Lat Long: | -26.45°N 142°W |
Observed Fall: | Yes |
Fall Date: | 1960-10 |
Found Date: | 1970 |
Strewn Field: | Yes |
Image2 Caption: | oriented specimen of the Millbillillie eucrite meteorite. |
Millbillillie is a meteorite named after the cattle station in Western Australia on which it fell in October 1960. It is classified as a eucrite achondrite, a kind of stony meteorite.
A fireball was observed "with sparks coming off it" by two stationworkers while they were opening a gate in the boundary fence on a track between Millbillillie and Jundee cattle stations. The object fell on a plain to the north. No search was made at the time but in 1970 and 1971 locals found two stones; Aboriginals have found others since. The largest stone weighed . It and a smaller one of are held by the Western Australian Museum.