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Allende meteorite (Pueblito de Allende meteorite; Qutrixpileo meteorite [NHM cat.]), Pueblito de Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico
Latitude: 26°58'N
Longitude: 105°19'W
Longitude: 105°19'W
Allende is often described as "the best-studied meteorite in history".
It is notable for possessing abundant, large calcium-aluminium-rich inclusions (CAI), which are among the oldest objects formed in the Solar System. The meteorite is also famous for its complex carbon compounds (fullerenes (C60 and C70), fulleranes (C60HX), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, benzofluoranthene and corennulene (Becker and Bunch, 1997). Unlike many other chondrites, Allende is almost completely lacking in Fe-Ni metal.
Mineral List
42 entries listed. 36 valid minerals. 10 type localities (valid minerals).
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References
American Mineralogist (1971): 56: 2053.
El Goresy, A., Nagel, K., Dominik, B., and Ramdohr, P. (1977) Fremdlinge: Potential Presolar Material in Ca, Al rich inclusions of Allende. Meteoritics, 12, 215-216.
Becker L. and Bunch T. E. (1997).
Fisenko, A.V. and L.F. Semenova (1997) On the Selection of Chondrites for Studying Interstellar Diamond. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences.
Imai, H. and Yurimoto, H. (2000).
F. E. Brenker and A. N. Krot (2002): Evidence for a high temperature episode during multistage alteration of Allende dark inclusions. 65th Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting, 5053.pdf (Abs.) [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2002/pdf/5053.pdf].
Ma, C., Beckett, J.R., and Rossman, G.R. (2009) Allendeite and Hexamolybdenum: Two New Ultra-Refractory Minerals in Allende and Two Missing Links. 40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 699-700 (abstract).
Ma, C., Tschauner, O., Rossman, G.R. and Liu, W. (2011) Panguite, IMA 2010-057. CNMNC Newsletter No. 7, February 2011, page 30; Mineralogical Magazine, 75, 27-31
El Goresy, A., Nagel, K., Dominik, B., and Ramdohr, P. (1977) Fremdlinge: Potential Presolar Material in Ca, Al rich inclusions of Allende. Meteoritics, 12, 215-216.
Becker L. and Bunch T. E. (1997).
Fisenko, A.V. and L.F. Semenova (1997) On the Selection of Chondrites for Studying Interstellar Diamond. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences.
Imai, H. and Yurimoto, H. (2000).
F. E. Brenker and A. N. Krot (2002): Evidence for a high temperature episode during multistage alteration of Allende dark inclusions. 65th Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting, 5053.pdf (Abs.) [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2002/pdf/5053.pdf].
Ma, C., Beckett, J.R., and Rossman, G.R. (2009) Allendeite and Hexamolybdenum: Two New Ultra-Refractory Minerals in Allende and Two Missing Links. 40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 699-700 (abstract).
Ma, C., Tschauner, O., Rossman, G.R. and Liu, W. (2011) Panguite, IMA 2010-057. CNMNC Newsletter No. 7, February 2011, page 30; Mineralogical Magazine, 75, 27-31
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Locality Updated: Blackjack Mine, Beetown, Upper Mississippi Valley District, Grant Co., Wisconsin, USAFrom Debbie Woolf, 20th Jun 2013 10:11:23