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May 23, 1977

Dr. G.S. Gibbons
Dept. of Applied Geology
NSW Institute of Technology
P.O. Box 123
Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia

Dear George,

Thank you for your letter of May 5. I am glad to learn that Oliver Chalmers has stimulated you to a sustained interest in meteorites. The editor of the JGSA sent me your manuscript on the meteorites of Australia, which I returned with the recommendation that it be published. As regards your list, I think if you include Korrelocking you should note that this identification rests solely on an entry in Coulson's catalog of meteorites; it has never appeared in any Australian list; also the coordinates in Hey are wrong, because the only Korrelocking in WA is a railway siding near Bencubbin (I passed through Korrelocking in 1963 and inquired about a possible meteorite find, but no one knew of it).

As far as I know, all the Cockburn meteorites have been found in NSW; the name Cockburn was attached to them because Cockburn was the nearest named place on most maps. The coordinates I gave for it are those of the place where I found it (and where Jim Johnson found the original specimen).

I have read your manuscript "Implications of meteorite arrival times" with much interest. However, since it is somewhat beyond my area of expertise, I am sending it to Dr. George Wetherill. He is very interested in this field, and may wish to comment directly to you on the manuscript. I would think [[underlined]] Meteoritics [[/underlined]] would be suitable journal to submit it to.

With best regards.

Sincerely yours,

Brian Mason
Curator
Department of Mineral Sciences

cc: Dr. George Wetherill

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