Canyon Diablo meteorite, Meteor Crater and vicinity, Winslow, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA
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Kunz, G.F. & C.W. Huntington (1893), On the diamond in the Cañon Diablo meteoric iron and on the hardness of carborundum, American Journal of Science: 46: 470-471.
Ksanda, C.J. & E.P. Henderson (1939), Identification of diamond in the Canyon Diablo iron, American Mineralogist: 24: 677-680.
El Goresy, A. (1965), Mineralbestand und structuren der Graphit - Und Sulfideinschlüsse in Eisenmeteoriten. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta: 29: 1131-1151.
Brett, R. & G.T. Higgins (1967), Cliftonite in meteorites: A proposed origin. Science: 156: 819-820.
Frondel, C. & U.B. Marvin (1967a), Lonsdaleite, a new hexagonal polymorph of diamond. Nature: 214: 587-589.
Frondel, C. & U.B. Marvin (1967b), Lonsdaleite, a hexagonal polymorph of diamond, American Mineralogist: 52: 1576.
Olsen, E. & L. Fuchs (1968), Krinovite, NaMg2CrSi3O10 = a new meteorite mineral, Science 161: 786-787.
Bunch, T.E. & K. Keil (1969), Mineral compositions and petrology of silicate inclusions in iron meteorites: Chemistry of chromite in non-chondritic meteorites. meteoritics: 4: 155-158.
Scott, E.R.D. (1971), New carbide (Fe,Ni)23C6, found in meteorites, Nat. Phys. Science: 229: 61-62.
American Mineralogist (1974): 59: 209.
Anthony, J.W., Bideaux, R.A., Bladh, K.W., and Nichols, M.C. (1995) Handbook of Mineralogy, Volume II. Silica, Silicates. Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson, AZ, 904pp., 2 volumes: Vol. IIa.
European Journal of Mineralogy (1999): 11: 743.
Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd. ed.: 129, 154, 171-172, 176, 199, 203, 239, 244, 269, 273, 280, 282, 330, 354, 355, 356, 394, 427.
An occurrence area centered on the meteor crater & Canyon Diablo, West of Winslow.
References:
Space Science Reviews, Volume 14, Issue 6, pp.758-831
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