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Cape York meteorite, Saviksoah Peninsula, Avanna (North Greenland) Province, Greenland

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Octahedrite, IIIA.

When European explorers encountered a tribe of Inuits in northwestern Greenland in 1818, they were astounded to find knife blades, harpoon points, and engraving tools made of meteoric iron. The meteorite was (re)discovered by Robert Peary in 1894.

Refs.:

- Bøggild (1927) Meddelelser om Grønland: 74: 11.

- Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 834pp.: 125.

- Kracher, A., G. Kurat, & V.f.Buchwald (1977): Cape York: The extraordinary mineralogy of an ordinary iron meteorite and its implication for the genesis of III AB irons, Geochemical Journal 11, 207-217 (1977)

- http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/meteors/article_122_2.asp





Mineral List:
  		•  Alabandite
    Mn
    2+
     
    		S
    Reference: [Kracher, A., G.Kurat, V.F.Buchwald, Geochemical J. 11,207-217(1977) ]
  		•  Awaruite
    Ni
     
    3
    		Fe
    Reference: [T. P. Pedersen, SCHWERTMANNITE AND AWARUITE AS ALTERATION PRODUCTS IN IRON METEORITES. 62nd Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting]
  		•  Buchwaldite (TL)
    NaCaPO
     
    4
    Type Locality: Cape York meteorite, Saviksoah Peninsula, Avanna (North Greenland) Province, Greenland
    Description: From the Agpalilik fragment.
    Reference: [Amer.Min.(1977) 62, 362-364]
  		•  Carlsbergite (TL)
    CrN
    Type Locality: Cape York meteorite, Saviksoah Peninsula, Avanna (North Greenland) Province, Greenland
    Description: From the Agpalilik fragment
    Reference: [Nature (1971) 233, 113-114]
  		•  Chromite
    FeCr
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [American Mineralogist: 62: 362-364.]
  		•  Copper
    Cu
    Reference: [Kracher, A., G.Kurat, V.F.Buchwald, Geochemical J. 11,207-217(1977) ]
  		•  Daubréelite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Cr
    3+
    2
    		S
     
    4
    Reference: [Kracher, A., G.Kurat, V.F.Buchwald, Geochemical J. 11,207-217(1977) ]
  		•  Djerfisherite
    K
     
    6
    		(Cu,Fe,Ni)
     
    25
    		S
     
    26
    		Cl
    Reference: [Kracher, A., G.Kurat, V.F.Buchwald, Geochemical J. 11,207-217(1977) ]
  		•  Marićite
    NaFe
    2+
     
    		[PO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Kracher, A., G.Kurat, V.F.Buchwald, Geochemical J. 11,207-217(1977) ]
  		•  Schreibersite
    (Fe,Ni)
     
    3
    		P
    Reference: [Kracher, A., G.Kurat, V.F.Buchwald, Geochemical J. 11,207-217(1977) ]
  		•  Schwertmannite
    Fe
    3+
    16
    		O
     
    16
    		(OH,SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    12-13
    		 · 10-12H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [T. P. Pedersen, SCHWERTMANNITE AND AWARUITE AS ALTERATION PRODUCTS IN IRON METEORITES. 62nd Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [Kracher, A., G.Kurat, V.F.Buchwald, Geochemical J. 11,207-217(1977) ]
  		•  Taenite
    (Fe,Ni)
    Reference: [T. P. Pedersen, SCHWERTMANNITE AND AWARUITE AS ALTERATION PRODUCTS IN IRON METEORITES. 62nd Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting]
  		•  Troilite
    FeS
    Reference: [American Mineralogist: 62: 362-364.]
    Site Photo
    Cape York meteorite, Saviksoah Peninsula, Avanna (North Greenland) Province, Greenland
    © Chinellato Matteo


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