A LARGE, DUMBBELL-SHAPED AUSTRALITE FROM NORTH OF HYDEN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

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Introduction: A large, asymmetrical, dumbbell-shaped australite core (Figure I) was found in road metal during road construction c. 21 km NNW of Hyden at 32°14'S, 118°48'E. The original locality of the specimen may have been one of the numerous borrow pits not far distant from the find site, because the lateritic "gravel" used on the roads is an almost ubiquitous sub-soil of the region.