Huckitta
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Huckitta is a pallasite
Pallasite
A pallasite is a type of stony–iron meteorite.-Structure and composition:It consists of cm-sized olivine crystals of peridot quality in an iron-nickel matrix. Coarser metal areas develop Widmanstätten patterns upon etching...

 meteorite
Meteorite
A meteorite is a natural object originating in outer space that survives impact with the Earth's surface. Meteorites can be big or small. Most meteorites derive from small astronomical objects called meteoroids, but they are also sometimes produced by impacts of asteroids...

 recovered in 1937 from Huckitta Cattle Station
Cattle station
Cattle station is an Australian term for a large farm , whose main activity is the rearing of cattle. In Australia, the owner of a cattle station is called a grazier...

, Northern Territory, Australia.
In 1924 a meteoritic mass of 1084 grams was found by Herbert Basedow
Herbert Basedow
Herbert Basedow was an Australian anthropologist, geologist, politician, explorer and medical practitioner. During his working life, Basedow took part in many major geological, exploratory and medical relief expeditions to central and northern Australia.He was one of the few people of his time...

 on Burt Plain (23°33'S, 133°52'E), about 17 km north of Alice Springs. This mass was called Alice Springs. In July 1937, the main mass of 1411.5 kg was found and recovered by Cecil Madigan
Cecil Madigan
Cecil Thomas Madigan was an Australian explorer and geologist born in Renmark, South Australia.After attending Prince Alfred College in Adelaide and the University of Adelaide, he won a Rhodes scholarship in 1911 to study geology at Magdalen College, Oxford.In 1911 he was invited by Sir Douglas...

 at Huckitta (22°22'S, 135°46'E).
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Why don't you go and take some more drugs, you druggie?

Johann Hari, The Independent, April 21, 2005

 
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