Bencubbinite

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The small group of Bencubbinites (also B-chondrites) belongs as a borderline case to the stone-iron meteorites as well as to the carbonaceous chondrites . They consist of roughly equal parts nickel - iron and silicates . The silicates have chondrules whose chemical composition is likely to be related to the class of carbonaceous chondrites, which in turn belong to the stone meteorites . The Bencubbinites may have formed in the boundary layer between the nickel-iron core and the silicate mantle of a C- asteroid .

The name comes from Bencubbin , a small town in Western Australia, around 120 kg of the material have been found in the vicinity.