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⇱ Chromite from Barea meteorite, Varea, Entrena, La Rioja, Spain

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Chromite from
Barea meteorite, Varea, Entrena, La Rioja, Spain

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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 Barea meteorite, Varea, Entrena, La Rioja, Spain
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:914672
Long-form Identifier:1:3:914672:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MAGAZINE, JUNE I973, VOL. 39, PP" 2 0 4 - - I 5 The Barea, Dyarrl Island, and Emery meteorites, and a review...Institution, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. SU MMARY. Barea and Emery are typical mesosiderites, whereas Dyarrl...and the highest FeO/(FeO-L MgO) ratio of any meteorite of this class. Average pyroxene compositions have...previously unanalysed mesosiderites: Barea, Dyarrl Island, and Emery. Barea is the first mesosiderite observed...fall, on 4 July I842, at Barea in the province of Logrofio in northern Spain. Dyarrl Island fell on 3
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