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โ‡ฑ Chromite from Vaca Muerta meteorite, Taltal, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile


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Chromite from
Vaca Muerta meteorite, Taltal, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile

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Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Chromite
Formula:Fe2+Cr23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chromite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Vaca Muerta meteorite, Taltal, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:841449
Long-form Identifier:1:3:841449:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
extends island as far as the Indian hamlet of Antofagasta, about 180 miles from 224 L. FLETCHER ON THE...and a comparison of the manuscript and printed meteorite-lists, which have been placed at my service, lead...small grains of nickel-iron are visible : 9.. Vaca Muerta; one of the links between the Irons and the Stones...hundred miles away, and about tor~y miles apart; Vaca Muerta, Cachiyuyal, Copiapo and Lutschaunig, and probably...example, belongs to the more frequent kind of meteorite, the chondritic, of which many falls have been
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
extends island as far as the Indian hamlet of Antofagasta, about 180 miles from 224 L. FLETCHER ON THE...and a comparison of the manuscript and printed meteorite-lists, which have been placed at my service, lead...small grains of nickel-iron are visible : 9.. Vaca Muerta; one of the links between the Irons and the Stones...hundred miles away, and about tor~y miles apart; Vaca Muerta, Cachiyuyal, Copiapo and Lutschaunig, and probably...example, belongs to the more frequent kind of meteorite, the chondritic, of which many falls have been
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
content varies between 1.63 and 2.93 wt %. In the Vaca Muerta mesosiderite rutile shows much lower NbO 2 contents...silicate groundmass or as exsolution lamellae in chromite. The Vaca Muerta.mesosiderite contains appreciable...ilmenite and as separate, idiomorphic grains with chromite, ilmenite and troilite [ 1]. In an earlier study...grains in silicate rich troilite inolusions or with chromite in silicate free nodules. Rutile has also been...octahedrite. A detailed study of the mineralogy of this meteorite will be published elsewhere [9]. In reflected
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Adare meteorite, 352. Aegirine-trachyte from Angola, 66. Alkali lavas, 70. ~kmana meteorite, 173. Analcite...obituary. 392. Biotite-trachyte, Angola, 65. Bluff meteorite, 352. BaJJ~MALL(A.), elected member, xlviii. -...minerals, 831. 347, 354. Brito-aretic petl~graphic province~ 180, 219. BRowN (A. P.), obituary, 892. Baow/r...Nova Scotia, 340. Cbandak~pur meteorite, 352. ChAteau Renard meteorite, 352. Chemical analysis o'f meteorites...393. Crab Orchard meteorite, 167. Cracks in timber ~md clay, 329. Cronstad meteorite, 10. CaooxEs (Sir
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hands. At the Agua olgada quarry, Atacama Region, Chile, rutile is found in agmatite veinlets that contain...recently been reported from the Borborema pegmatitic province in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (Beurten et al...Agua Colgada quarry, Freirina, Atacama Region, Chile. Specimen is about 6 cm tall. RJL3431 Formation...L5; and the Vaca Muerta, Taltal, Atacama, Chile, mesosiderite. In the Vaca Muerta meteorite the rutile...associated with chromite In the form of both individual grains and lamellae within the chromite. Lamellae
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
microscopist, Gustav Tschermak, and the outstanding meteorite collection of that day, the Vienna collection...meteorites. Table 1 traces the development of meteorite mineralogy over the following seventy years. It...extracted sulfur with alcohol from the Cold Bokkeveld meteorite, and later investigators extracted it from other...*Daubreelite +Lawrencite Magnesite Calcite Magnetite Chromite Quartz Tridymite Chlorapatite Merrillite (Whitlockite)...weathering. In 1955, therefore, to specializein meteorite mineralogy might well have beenconsideredthe refugeol
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
stony-iron meteorites, and the unique NWA 011/NWA 2976 meteorite (Yamaguchi et al., 2002; Greenwood et al., 2005...Furthermore, other MC-ICP-MS studies of bulk basaltic meteorite samples from the HED parent body (Wadhwa et al...gabbro and polymict basalt clast from the Vaca Muerta meteorite, respectively. The diogenite Bilanga and...and augite set in ๏ฌne-grained plagioclase. This meteorite has a texture indicating it has experienced a... the 26Mg excess, which is used to calculate meteorite ages. We developed a new chemical separation procedure
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Report (issue)
Structural and compositional properties of iron meteorite groups ___________ The geochemical behavior of...ABBREVIATIONS The following abbreviations for the meteorite classes are used throughout the tables and elsewhere;...percent) ; all others (<0.01 percent). A list of meteorite minerals is provided, and a tabulation of elemental...minerals are quartz and aluminosilicates; the common meteorite minerals are anhydrous, whereas hydrated minerals...actual extraterrestrial abundances; irons dominate meteorite finds since they are resistant to weathering and
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provide an introduction to meteorite science and a handbook on meteorite classification. Insofar as I...These chapters would have been useful chiefly to meteorite researchers looking for a quick summary of group...quantitative meteorite studies declined during 1970-1973 as a result of the diversion of meteorite researchers'...efforts to the study of lunar samples. The rate of meteorite research activity is now increasing as researchers...during the past decade regarding problems of meteorite origin and classification. A complete list would
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provide an introduction to meteorite science and a handbook on meteorite classification. Insofar as I...These chapters would have been useful chiefly to meteorite researchers looking for a quick summary of group...quantitative meteorite studies declined during 1970-1973 as a result of the diversion of meteorite researchers'...efforts to the study of lunar samples. The rate of meteorite research activity is now increasing as researchers...during the past decade regarding problems of meteorite origin and classification. A complete list would
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Book (edition)
points are 2040ยฐ C. 2180ยฐ C. 1565 ยฐC. 1450ยฐ C. Chromite Hematite Ilmenite Zircon and Zirconosilicates...such as zircon, xenotime, apatite, magnetite, chromite, sphene or more generally those constituents which...Ilmenite sometimes encloses orthoclase; and even chromite, which, as a rule, precedes olivine, has been...CvX)^ rises to high concentration in picotite and chromite. An essential condition for the presence of chromium...There are even rocks com- posed of almost pure chromite, which has its melting point in the neighbourhood
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