Huckitta - Pallasite, PMG-an

In 1924, Herbert Basedow found a meteorite weighing 1,084 g on Burt Plain, about 17 km north of Alice Springs. This body was named Alice Springs. In July 1937, Cecil Madigan found a major piece weighing 1,411.5 kg and over 900 kg of iron shale at Huckitta. The Alice Springs meteorite was then paired with the main body and considered a transported fragment. Today, the site of the main body is located on the Arapaunya cattle station, which was part of the Huckitta cattle station but was separated from it after the discovery of the meteorite.

It is a pallasite related to the main group of pallasites. This pallasite is heavily weathered: almost all the metal is heavily oxidized and altered mainly to maghemite and goethite, and the olivine crystals are often altered. It is sometimes called anomalous main-group pallasite because it has relatively high Ge and Ga contents, higher Pt, W, Ir and lower Au contents compared to other main-group pallasites.