The smallest recorded complete Australian tektite, recently discovered 9 km NNE of Pnnctown, Western Victoria, is minute, oval, shallow bowl-shaped australite weighing only 0-0132 gm, with a specific gravity of 2-430. It is practically a complete form and similar to other small australites in that no central core region has survived the passage through the atmosphere without undergoing melting. Three other complete australites have also been found in the Port Campbell-Princetown region of Western Victoria, the weight of each specimen being noteworthy in respect to other small australites previously recorded. All the small bowl- shaped australites are well-preserved, exhibiting the secondary effects of aerodynamic processes which have acted upon the small primary spheroids of tektite glass during their entry through the earth's atmosphere.
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