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Nobleborough meteorite (Nobleboro), Nobleboro, Lincoln County, Maine, USA

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Classification
Locality type:	Meteorite Fall Location
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 Nobleborough meteorite (Nobleboro), Nobleboro, Lincoln County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	903885
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:903885:1
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Chromite
61.9km (38.5 miles)	ⓘ Deer Isle Mine, Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine, USA
66.7km (41.5 miles)	ⓘ Little Deer Isle, Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine, USA
References
146-157 (Jan/Feb 1971) *Bunch, T. E., Keil, Klaus (1971) Chromite and ilmenite in non-chondritic meteorites. American Mineralogist, 56 (1-2) 146-157* Mittlefehldt, David W. (1979) Petrographic and chemical characterization of igneous lithic clasts from mesosiderites and howardites and comparison with eucrites and diogenites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 43 (12) 1917-1935 doi:10.1016/0016-7037(79)90005-x

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⇱ Chromite from Nobleborough meteorite (Nobleboro), Nobleboro, Lincoln County, Maine, USA

Chromite from
Nobleborough meteorite (Nobleboro), Nobleboro, Lincoln County, Maine, USA