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The Dalgaranga meteorite crater (c. 20 m in diameter and 3 m deep) was first 
described by Dr. Edward S. Simpson [Simpson, 1938, ref. wanted]. His report 
stated that the crater had first been seen by G. E. Willard, manager of the 
Dalgaranga Station (ranch) in 1923. Simpson did not visit the crater and only 
quoted Willard who also sent him a 42-gram meteoritic fragment. Simpson 
described it as an iron. No one undertook to visit the site until Harvey. H. 
Nininger inquired about the crater's location at the Western Australian Museum 
in Perth in early 1959...



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