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D'Orbigny meteorite, D'Orbigny, Coronel Suaréz, Buenos Aires Province, Argentinai
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 40' 0'' South , 61° 38' 58'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Meteorite Class:
Meteoritical Society Class:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Coronel Suárez27,000 (2016)34.3km
Name(s) in local language(s):
D'Orbigny meteorite, D'Orbigny, partido de Coronel Suaréz, provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina


Angrite, volcanic.

A 16.55 kg stone, mostly covered with dark gray fusion crust, was found in 1979 in a corn field after a farmer hit it with a plow. Two decades after its recovery, D'Orbigny was classified as an angrite. In fact, D'Orbigny is by far the most massive Angrite. Angrites are characterized by their low alkali contents, high Ca/Al ratios, and a somewhat variable but still distinctive mineral assemblage (e.g., various Ca, Al, &/or Ti-rich phases).

Angrites are also very ancient rocks. Recent crystallization ages ≥4.562 billion years have been reported for D'Orbigny (Amelin, 2007; Spivak-Birndorf et al., 2009) making it one of the oldest known differentiated rocks in the solar system.

Note on the mineral list:
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=7714 also mentions a silicophosphate (probably a "silicoapatite").

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


20 valid minerals. 3 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals.

Meteorite/Rock Types Recorded

Note: data is currently VERY limited. Please bear with us while we work towards adding this information!

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Alphabetical List Tree Diagram

Detailed Mineral List:

Anorthite
Formula: Ca(Al2Si2O8)
Reference: http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2014/pdf/1818.pdf; Keil, K. (2012) Angrites, a small but diverse suite of ancient, silica-undersaturated volcanic-plutonic mafic meteorites, and the history of their parent asteroid: Chemie der Erde, geochemistry 71:191-218.
Augite
Formula: (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Reference: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=7714; Keil, K. (2012) Angrites, a small but diverse suite of ancient, silica-undersaturated volcanic-plutonic mafic meteorites, and the history of their parent asteroid: Chemie der Erde, geochemistry 71:191-218.
Augite var. Fassaite
Formula: (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
Reference: Keil, K. (2012) Angrites, a small but diverse suite of ancient, silica-undersaturated volcanic-plutonic mafic meteorites, and the history of their parent asteroid: Chemie der Erde, geochemistry 71:191-218.
Awaruite
Formula: Ni3Fe
Reference: Keil, K. (2012) Angrites, a small but diverse suite of ancient, silica-undersaturated volcanic-plutonic mafic meteorites, and the history of their parent asteroid: Chemie der Erde, geochemistry 71:191-218.
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Reference: Keil, K. (2012) Angrites, a small but diverse suite of ancient, silica-undersaturated volcanic-plutonic mafic meteorites, and the history of their parent asteroid: Chemie der Erde, geochemistry 71:191-218.
Esseneite
Formula: CaFe3+[AlSiO6]
Reference: Ciesielczuk, J., Kruszewski, Ł., & Majka, J. (2015). Comparative mineralogical study of thermally-altered coal-dump waste, natural rocks and the products of laboratory heating experiments. International Journal of Coal Geology, 139, 114-141.
Fayalite
Formula: Fe2+2SiO4
Reference: Hwang, S. L., Shen, P., Chu, H. T., Yui, T. F., Varela, M. E., & Iizuka, Y. (2016, March). Tsangpoite: The Unknown Calcium Silico Phosphate Phase in the Angrite D'Orbigny. In Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (Vol. 47, p. 1466).
'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'
Reference: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=7714; Keil, K. (2012) Angrites, a small but diverse suite of ancient, silica-undersaturated volcanic-plutonic mafic meteorites, and the history of their parent asteroid: Chemie der Erde, geochemistry 71:191-218.
'Glass'
Reference: Keil, K. (2012) Angrites, a small but diverse suite of ancient, silica-undersaturated volcanic-plutonic mafic meteorites, and the history of their parent asteroid: Chemie der Erde, geochemistry 71:191-218.
Hedenbergite
Formula: CaFe2+Si2O6
Description: Hedenbergite is aluminous & titaniferous
Reference: Kurat, G., Varela, M. E., Brandstätter, F., Weckwerth, G., Clayton, R. N., Weber, H. W., Schultz, L., Wäsch, E. & Nazarov, M. A. (2004) D'Orbigny: A non-igneous angritic achondrite? Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68 (8): 1901-1921. (April 2004); Keil, K. (2012) Angrites, a small but diverse suite of ancient, silica-undersaturated volcanic-plutonic mafic meteorites, and the history of their parent asteroid: Chemie der Erde, geochemistry 71:191-218.; Hwang, S. L., Shen, P., Chu, H. T., Yui, T. F., Varela, M. E., & Iizuka, Y. (2016, March). Tsangpoite: The Unknown Calcium Silico Phosphate Phase in the Angrite D'Orbigny. In Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (Vol. 47, p. 1466).
Kirschsteinite
Formula: CaFe2+SiO4
Reference: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=7714; Keil, K. (2012) Angrites, a small but diverse suite of ancient, silica-undersaturated volcanic-plutonic mafic meteorites, and the history of their parent asteroid: Chemie der Erde, geochemistry 71:191-218.; Hwang, S. L., Shen, P., Chu, H. T., Yui, T. F., Varela, M. E., & Iizuka, Y. (2016, March). Tsangpoite: The Unknown Calcium Silico Phosphate Phase in the Angrite D'Orbigny. In Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (Vol. 47, p. 1466).
Kuratite (TL)
Formula: Ca2(Fe2+5Ti)O2[Si4Al2O18]
Type Locality:
Reference: Hwang, S.-L., Shen, P., Chu, H.-T., Yui, T.-F., Varela, M.-E., Iizuka, Y. (2016): Kuratite, Ca4(Fe2+10Ti2)O4[Si8Al4O36], the Fe2+-analogue of rhönite, a new mineral from the D'Orbigny angrite meteorite. Mineralogical Magazine: 80: 1067-1076
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Reference: NHM Vienna data (http://www.mindat.org/photo-600445.html)
Matyhite (TL)
Formula: Ca18(Ca,◻)2Fe2+2(PO4)14
Type Locality:
Reference: Hwang, S.L., Shen, P., Chu, H.T., Yui, T.F., Varela, M.E., Iizuka, Y. (2019) New minerals tsangpoite Ca5(PO4)2(SiO4) and matyhite Ca9(Ca0.5□0.5)Fe(PO4)7 from the D'Orbigny angrite. Mineralogical Magazine: 83(2): 293-313.
Nitratine
Formula: NaNO3
Reference: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=7714
Pentlandite
Formula: (NixFey)Σ9S8
Reference: Keil, K. (2012) Angrites, a small but diverse suite of ancient, silica-undersaturated volcanic-plutonic mafic meteorites, and the history of their parent asteroid: Chemie der Erde, geochemistry 71:191-218.
'Plagioclase'
Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Reference: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=7714
Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS
Reference: Keil, K. (2012) Angrites, a small but diverse suite of ancient, silica-undersaturated volcanic-plutonic mafic meteorites, and the history of their parent asteroid: Chemie der Erde, geochemistry 71:191-218.
Rhönite
Formula: Ca4[Mg8Fe3+2Ti2]O4[Si6Al6O36]
Reference: Jambon, A. & Boudouma, O. (2011). Evidence for Rhönite in Angrites D'Orbigny and Sahara 99555: 74th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society. Meteoritics & Planetary Science Supplement, id.5167. (Sept 2011)
Spinel
Formula: MgAl2O4
Description: Cr-enriched
Reference: Kurat, G., Varela, M. E., Brandstätter, F., Weckwerth, G., Clayton, R. N., Weber, H. W., Schultz, L., Wäsch, E. & Nazarov, M. A. (2004) D'Orbigny: A non-igneous angritic achondrite? Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68 (8): 1901-1921. (April 2004); Keil, K. (2012) Angrites, a small but diverse suite of ancient, silica-undersaturated volcanic-plutonic mafic meteorites, and the history of their parent asteroid: Chemie der Erde, geochemistry 71:191-218.
Troilite
Formula: FeS
Reference: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=7714; Keil, K. (2012) Angrites, a small but diverse suite of ancient, silica-undersaturated volcanic-plutonic mafic meteorites, and the history of their parent asteroid: Chemie der Erde, geochemistry 71:191-218.; Hwang, S. L., Shen, P., Chu, H. T., Yui, T. F., Varela, M. E., & Iizuka, Y. (2016, March). Tsangpoite: The Unknown Calcium Silico Phosphate Phase in the Angrite D'Orbigny. In Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (Vol. 47, p. 1466).
Tsangpoite (TL)
Formula: Ca5(PO4)2(SiO4)
Type Locality:
Reference: Hwang, S.L., Shen, P., Chu, H.T., Yui, T.F., Varela, M.E., Iizuka, Y. (2019) New minerals tsangpoite Ca5(PO4)2(SiO4) and matyhite Ca9(Ca0.5□0.5)Fe(PO4)7 from the D'Orbigny angrite. Mineralogical Magazine: 83(2): 293-313.
Ulvöspinel
Formula: TiFe2O4
Reference: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=7714; Keil, K. (2012) Angrites, a small but diverse suite of ancient, silica-undersaturated volcanic-plutonic mafic meteorites, and the history of their parent asteroid: Chemie der Erde, geochemistry 71:191-218.; Hwang, S. L., Shen, P., Chu, H. T., Yui, T. F., Varela, M. E., & Iizuka, Y. (2016, March). Tsangpoite: The Unknown Calcium Silico Phosphate Phase in the Angrite D'Orbigny. In Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (Vol. 47, p. 1466).
Whitlockite
Formula: Ca9Mg(PO4)6(PO3OH)
Reference: http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2014/pdf/1818.pdf

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Awaruite1.AE.20Ni3Fe
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Pentlandite2.BB.15(NixFey)Σ9S8
Pyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
Troilite2.CC.10FeS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Spinel4.BB.05MgAl2O4
Ulvöspinel4.BB.05TiFe2O4
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Nitratine5.NA.05NaNO3
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Matyhite (TL)8.AC.25Ca18(Ca,◻)2Fe2+2(PO4)14
Whitlockite8.AC.45Ca9Mg(PO4)6(PO3OH)
Group 9 - Silicates
Anorthite9.FA.35Ca(Al2Si2O8)
Augite9.DA.15(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
var. Fassaite9.DA.15(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
Esseneite9.DA.15CaFe3+[AlSiO6]
Fayalite9.AC.05Fe2+2SiO4
Hedenbergite9.DA.15CaFe2+Si2O6
Kirschsteinite9.AC.05CaFe2+SiO4
Kuratite (TL)9.DH.40Ca2(Fe2+5Ti)O2[Si4Al2O18]
Rhönite9.DH.40Ca4[Mg8Fe3+2Ti2]O4[Si6Al6O36]
Tsangpoite (TL)9.AH.65Ca5(PO4)2(SiO4)
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc.
'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'-
'Glass'-
'Plagioclase'-(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H WhitlockiteCa9Mg(PO4)6(PO3OH)
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
NNitrogen
N NitratineNaNO3
OOxygen
O KuratiteCa2(Fe52+Ti)O2[Si4Al2O18]
O TsangpoiteCa5(PO4)2(SiO4)
O MatyhiteCa18(Ca,◻)2Fe22+(PO4)14
O Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
O Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
O KirschsteiniteCaFe2+SiO4
O UlvöspinelTiFe2O4
O NitratineNaNO3
O WhitlockiteCa9Mg(PO4)6(PO3OH)
O AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
O HedenbergiteCaFe2+Si2O6
O SpinelMgAl2O4
O RhöniteCa4[Mg8Fe23+Ti2]O4[Si6Al6O36]
O CalciteCaCO3
O Augite var. Fassaite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
O EsseneiteCaFe3+[AlSiO6]
O FayaliteFe22+SiO4
NaSodium
Na Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Na NitratineNaNO3
Na Augite var. Fassaite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
MgMagnesium
Mg Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Mg WhitlockiteCa9Mg(PO4)6(PO3OH)
Mg SpinelMgAl2O4
Mg RhöniteCa4[Mg8Fe23+Ti2]O4[Si6Al6O36]
Mg Augite var. Fassaite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
AlAluminium
Al KuratiteCa2(Fe52+Ti)O2[Si4Al2O18]
Al Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Al AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)
Al SpinelMgAl2O4
Al RhöniteCa4[Mg8Fe23+Ti2]O4[Si6Al6O36]
Al Augite var. Fassaite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
Al EsseneiteCaFe3+[AlSiO6]
SiSilicon
Si KuratiteCa2(Fe52+Ti)O2[Si4Al2O18]
Si TsangpoiteCa5(PO4)2(SiO4)
Si Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Si Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Si KirschsteiniteCaFe2+SiO4
Si AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)
Si HedenbergiteCaFe2+Si2O6
Si RhöniteCa4[Mg8Fe23+Ti2]O4[Si6Al6O36]
Si Augite var. Fassaite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
Si EsseneiteCaFe3+[AlSiO6]
Si FayaliteFe22+SiO4
PPhosphorus
P TsangpoiteCa5(PO4)2(SiO4)
P MatyhiteCa18(Ca,◻)2Fe22+(PO4)14
P WhitlockiteCa9Mg(PO4)6(PO3OH)
SSulfur
S TroiliteFeS
S Pentlandite(NixFey)Σ9S8
S PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
CaCalcium
Ca KuratiteCa2(Fe52+Ti)O2[Si4Al2O18]
Ca TsangpoiteCa5(PO4)2(SiO4)
Ca MatyhiteCa18(Ca,◻)2Fe22+(PO4)14
Ca Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Ca Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Ca KirschsteiniteCaFe2+SiO4
Ca WhitlockiteCa9Mg(PO4)6(PO3OH)
Ca AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)
Ca HedenbergiteCaFe2+Si2O6
Ca RhöniteCa4[Mg8Fe23+Ti2]O4[Si6Al6O36]
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca Augite var. Fassaite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
Ca EsseneiteCaFe3+[AlSiO6]
TiTitanium
Ti KuratiteCa2(Fe52+Ti)O2[Si4Al2O18]
Ti UlvöspinelTiFe2O4
Ti RhöniteCa4[Mg8Fe23+Ti2]O4[Si6Al6O36]
Ti Augite var. Fassaite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
FeIron
Fe KuratiteCa2(Fe52+Ti)O2[Si4Al2O18]
Fe MatyhiteCa18(Ca,◻)2Fe22+(PO4)14
Fe Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Fe KirschsteiniteCaFe2+SiO4
Fe UlvöspinelTiFe2O4
Fe TroiliteFeS
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Fe HedenbergiteCaFe2+Si2O6
Fe RhöniteCa4[Mg8Fe23+Ti2]O4[Si6Al6O36]
Fe AwaruiteNi3Fe
Fe Augite var. Fassaite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
Fe Pentlandite(NixFey)Σ9S8
Fe PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Fe EsseneiteCaFe3+[AlSiO6]
Fe FayaliteFe22+SiO4
NiNickel
Ni AwaruiteNi3Fe
Ni Pentlandite(NixFey)Σ9S8

References

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Kurat, G., Varela, M.E., Brandstätter, F., Weckwerth, G., Clayton, R.N., Weber, H.W., Schultz, L., Wäsch, E., Nazarov, M.A. (2004) D'Orbigny: A non-igneous angritic achondrite? Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta: 68: (8): 1901-1921.
Amelin, Y. (2007) The Ages of Angrites: Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVIII. LPI Contribution No. 1338, pdf.1669. (March 2007)
Spivak-Birndorf, Lev, Wadhwa, Meenakshi & Janney, Philip (2009) 26Al-26Mg systematics in D’Orbigny and Sahara 99555 angrites: Implications for high-resolution chronology using extinct chronometers. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta: 73(17): 5202-5211.
Jambon, A., Boudouma, O. (2011) Evidence for Rhönite in Angrites D'Orbigny and Sahara 99555: 74th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society. Meteoritics & Planetary Science Supplement, September, id.5167.
Keil, K. (2012) Angrites, a small but diverse suite of ancient, silica-undersaturated volcanic-plutonic mafic meteorites, and the history of their parent asteroid. Chemie der Erde, geochemistry: 71:191-218.
Hwang, S.-L., Shen, P., Chu, H.-T., Yui, T.-F., Varela, M.-E., Iizuka, Y. (2016) Kuratite, Ca4(Fe2+10Ti2)O4[Si8Al4O36], the Fe2+-analogue of rhönite, a new mineral from the D'Orbigny angrite meteorite. Mineralogical Magazine: 80: 1067-1076.
Hwang, S.L., Shen, P., Chu, H.T., Yui, T.F., Varela, M.E., Iizuka, Y. (2019) New minerals tsangpoite Ca5(PO4)2(SiO4) and matyhite Ca9(Ca0.5□0.5)Fe(PO4)7 from the D'Orbigny angrite. Mineralogical Magazine: 83(2): 293-313.

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