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⇱ Chromite from Palo Blanco Creek meteorite, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA

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Palo Blanco Creek meteorite, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA

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Locality type:

Meteorite Fall Location

Classification

Species:

Chromite

Formula:

Fe²⁺Cr₂³⁺O₄

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Palo Blanco Creek meteorite, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

521620

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:521620:8

GUID (UUID V4):

0

Nearest other occurrences of Chromite

22.3km (13.8 miles)

ⓘ Farley meteorite, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA

32.4km (20.1 miles)

ⓘ Abbott meteorite, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA

51.3km (31.9 miles)

ⓘ Beenham meteorite, Union County, New Mexico, USA

66.0km (41.0 miles)

ⓘ Roy (1933) meteorite, Harding County, New Mexico, USA

69.3km (43.1 miles)

ⓘ Pasamonte meteorite, Union County, New Mexico, USA

References

adsabs.harvard.edu (n.d.) http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1984LPICo.537E.67D

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👁 Image	*(1984) ABSTRACTS of PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE 47th ANNUAL MEETING THE METEORITICAL SOCIETY. Meteoritics, 19 (4) 183-348 doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.1984.tb00840.x*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	44, 1161. Huss et al., 1981. G.C.A. 45, 33. METEORITE CONCENTRATIONS IN ANTARCTICA - HOW COMPLETE IS...have been proposed to explain the phenomena of meteorite accumulations on blue ice fields. Model I, suggested...pictorially by Yanai, is a general picture relating meteorite fall and accumulation to the entire Antarctic...Nagata-Yanai model assumes a steady state balance in the meteorite concentration zone between emergent ice gain and...numbers of specimens found and the old terrestrial meteorite ages. The Whillans-Cassidy model assumes a steady

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