Goalpara meteorite, Goalpara District, Assam, Indiai
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Goalpara meteorite | Meteorite Fall Location |
Goalpara District | District |
Assam | State |
India | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
26° 10' North , 90° 36' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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GoΔlpΔra | 50,759 (2014) | 2.9km |
JogΔ«ghopa | 2,415 (2014) | 7.2km |
AbhayΔpuri | 15,802 (2014) | 19.3km |
ChΔpar | 19,301 (2014) | 19.4km |
Lakhipur | 14,045 (2014) | 33.0km |
Mindat Locality ID:
211887
Long-form identifier:
1:2:211887:4
GUID (UUID V4):
d17f8a52-e882-4a5a-bba0-aa14c3c2f5db
Goalpara (India) [1868 Find] A single meteoritic 2.7 kg stone
Classification: Ureilite (Ca-poor achondrite)
A single stone of 2.7 kg was sent by the Rajah of Goalpara to the Calcutta Museum. Goalpara is now known as a ureilite. While by 2013 over 300 ureilite stones have been listed in the Meteoritical Societyβs Database, most of them are quite small and/or have been recovered in the 21st Century. Goalpara is actually the most massive of the three known ureilites recovered in the 19th Century. Indeed, Goalpara was the most massive ureilites known before the recovery of the Kenna (New Mexico, USA) ureilite in 1972. Consequently, as small portions of Goalpara have been available in different museums, Goalpara has been around long enough to be the subject of several inquiries.
Ureilites are known for their curious amalgam of cumulate silicates (mostly olivine and pyroxene) mixed with elemental carbon. The carbon itself is always an enigmatic graphite-diamond mix . In Goalpara, four polymorphs of carbon are known (chaoite, diamond, graphite and lonsdaleite). The presence of Lonsdaleite, a hexagonal diamond-like polymorph, may indicate a directional pressure associated with impact shock. The ureilites also usually contain a number of minor opaque minerals. Metallic iron (kamacite) and iron sulfide (as troilite) are invariably present. The ureilites are particularly intriguing because their microscopic textures may have been due to both vapor condensation and to shock impact. Both the relative importance and the timing of these nebular and collisional processes does not appear to be a settled matter at this time.
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10 valid minerals.
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β Chaoite Formula: C Reference: Handbook of Mineralogy |
β Chromite Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4 Reference: Gennady P. Vdovykin (1970). Ureilites. Space Science Reviews 10, #4, 483-510. |
β Clinoenstatite Formula: MgSiO3 Reference: Nakamuta, Y., & Toh, S. (2013). Transformation of graphite to lonsdaleite and diamond in the Goalpara ureilite directly observed by TEM. American Mineralogist, 98(4), 574-581. |
β Diamond Formula: C Reference: Gennady P. Vdovykin (1970). Ureilites. Space Science Reviews 10, #4, 483-510.; Nakamuta, Y., & Toh, S. (2013). Transformation of graphite to lonsdaleite and diamond in the Goalpara ureilite directly observed by TEM. American Mineralogist, 98(4), 574-581. |
β 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' Reference: Gennady P. Vdovykin (1970). Ureilites. Space Science Reviews 10, #4, 483-510.; Nakamuta, Y., & Toh, S. (2013). Transformation of graphite to lonsdaleite and diamond in the Goalpara ureilite directly observed by TEM. American Mineralogist, 98(4), 574-581. |
β Graphite Formula: C Reference: Gennady P. Vdovykin (1970). Ureilites. Space Science Reviews 10, #4, 483-510.; Nakamuta, Y., & Toh, S. (2013). Transformation of graphite to lonsdaleite and diamond in the Goalpara ureilite directly observed by TEM. American Mineralogist, 98(4), 574-581. |
β Iron Formula: Fe Reference: Gennady P. Vdovykin (1970). Ureilites. Space Science Reviews 10, #4, 483-510. |
β Iron var. Kamacite Formula: (Fe,Ni) Reference: Gennady P. Vdovykin (1970). Ureilites. Space Science Reviews 10, #4, 483-510.; Nakamuta, Y., & Toh, S. (2013). Transformation of graphite to lonsdaleite and diamond in the Goalpara ureilite directly observed by TEM. American Mineralogist, 98(4), 574-581. |
β Lonsdaleite Formula: C Reference: Gennady P. Vdovykin (1970). Ureilites. Space Science Reviews 10, #4, 483-510.; Nakamuta, Y., & Toh, S. (2013). Transformation of graphite to lonsdaleite and diamond in the Goalpara ureilite directly observed by TEM. American Mineralogist, 98(4), 574-581. |
β Maghemite Formula: (Fe3+0.67◻0.33)Fe3+2O4 Reference: Nakamuta, Y., & Toh, S. (2013). Transformation of graphite to lonsdaleite and diamond in the Goalpara ureilite directly observed by TEM. American Mineralogist, 98(4), 574-581. |
β Pigeonite Formula: (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 Reference: Gennady P. Vdovykin (1970). Ureilites. Space Science Reviews 10, #4, 483-510.; Nakamuta, Y., & Toh, S. (2013). Transformation of graphite to lonsdaleite and diamond in the Goalpara ureilite directly observed by TEM. American Mineralogist, 98(4), 574-581. |
β Troilite Formula: FeS Reference: Gennady P. Vdovykin (1970). Ureilites. Space Science Reviews 10, #4, 483-510. |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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β | Chaoite | 1.CB.05b | C |
β | Diamond | 1.CB.10a | C |
β | Graphite | 1.CB.05a | C |
β | Iron | 1.AE.05 | Fe |
β | var. Kamacite | 1.AE.05 | (Fe,Ni) |
β | Lonsdaleite | 1.CB.10b | C |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
β | Troilite | 2.CC.10 | FeS |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
β | Chromite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Cr3+2O4 |
β | Maghemite | 4.BB.15 | (Fe3+0.67β»0.33)Fe3+2O4 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
β | Clinoenstatite | 9.DA.10 | MgSiO3 |
β | Pigeonite | 9.DA.10 | (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 |
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
β | 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
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C | β Chaoite | C |
C | β Diamond | C |
C | β Graphite | C |
C | β Lonsdaleite | C |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
O | β Pigeonite | (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 |
O | β Maghemite | (Fe3+0.67◻0.33)Fe23+O4 |
O | β Clinoenstatite | MgSiO3 |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | β Pigeonite | (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 |
Mg | β Clinoenstatite | MgSiO3 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β Pigeonite | (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 |
Si | β Clinoenstatite | MgSiO3 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | β Troilite | FeS |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | β Pigeonite | (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 |
Cr | Chromium | |
Cr | β Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | β Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
Fe | β Iron var. Kamacite | (Fe,Ni) |
Fe | β Pigeonite | (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 |
Fe | β Troilite | FeS |
Fe | β Iron | Fe |
Fe | β Maghemite | (Fe3+0.67◻0.33)Fe23+O4 |
Ni | Nickel | |
Ni | β Iron var. Kamacite | (Fe,Ni) |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)John L. Berkley, G. Jeffrey Taylor, Klaus Keil, George E. Harlow & Martin Prinz (1980). The nature and origin of ureilites. G&CA 44, #10, 1579-1697.
Monica M. Grady (2000). Catalogue of Meteorites (5/e). Cambridge University Press: Cambridge; New York; Oakleigh; Madrid; Cape Town. 689 pages.
S. J. Singletary & T. L. Grove (2003) Early petrologic processes on the ureilite parent body. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 38, #1, 95-108. (Jan 2003).
Gennady P. Vdovykin (1970). Ureilites. Space Science Reviews 10, #4, 483-510.
Nakamuta, Y., & Toh, S. (2013). Transformation of graphite to lonsdaleite and diamond in the Goalpara ureilite directly observed by TEM. American Mineralogist, 98(4), 574-581.
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