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Canyon Diablo meteorite, Meteor Crater and vicinity, Winslow, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA

‡Ref.: Foote, A.E. (1891a), A new locality for meteoric iron with a preliminary notice of the discovery of diamonds in the iron, American Journal of Science: 42: 413-417.

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.





Map Reference: 35°1'41"N , 111°1'21"W

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Mineral List:
  • Albite
    var: High Albite
  • Barringerite
  • Carlsbergite
  • Chromite
  • Cohenite
  • Daubréelite
  • Diamond
  • Enstatite
  • Forsterite
  • Graphite
       var: Cliftonite
  • Haxonite (TL)
  • Iron
    var: Kamacite
  • Kosmochlor
  • Krinovite (TL)
  • Lawrencite
  • Lonsdaleite (TL)
  • Mackinawite
  • Moissanite (TL)
  • Nickel
  • Nickelphosphide
  • 'Olivine'
  • 'Plessite'
  • Richterite
  • Roaldite
  • Roedderite
  • Schreibersite
  • Taenite
  • Tetrataenite
  • Troilite
  • Wüstite


    31 entries listed. 26 valid minerals. 4 type localities (valid minerals).

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