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Lafayette Martian meteorite, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana, USA

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ref.: www-curator.jsc.nasa.gov/antmet/mmc/Lafay.pdf.
Identified as a meteorite in a Purdue University geological collection in 1931.





Mineral List:
  		•  'Albite-Anorthite Series'
    Reference: [www-curator.jsc.nasa.gov/antmet/mmc/Lafay.pdf.]
  		•  Apatite-(CaCl)
    Ca
     
    5
    		[Cl|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [www-curator.jsc.nasa.gov/antmet/mmc/Lafay.pdf.]
  		•  Augite
    (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		,Al,Fe
    3+
     
    		,Ti)[(Si,Al)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [www-curator.jsc.nasa.gov/antmet/mmc/Lafay.pdf.]
  		•  Iddingsite
    MgO·Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    		·3SiO
     
    2
    		ยท4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [www-curator.jsc.nasa.gov/antmet/mmc/Lafay.pdf.]
  		•  Ilmenite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		TiO
     
    3
    Reference: [www-curator.jsc.nasa.gov/antmet/mmc/Lafay.pdf.]
  		•  'K Feldspar'
    Reference: [www-curator.jsc.nasa.gov/antmet/mmc/Lafay.pdf.]
  		•  Magnetite
    var: Titaniferous Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		(Fe
    3+
     
    		,Ti)
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [www-curator.jsc.nasa.gov/antmet/mmc/Lafay.pdf.]
  		•  'Olivine'
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [www-curator.jsc.nasa.gov/antmet/mmc/Lafay.pdf.]
  		•  'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
    Reference: [www-curator.jsc.nasa.gov/antmet/mmc/Lafay.pdf.]
  		•  Pigeonite
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		,Ca)(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [www-curator.jsc.nasa.gov/antmet/mmc/Lafay.pdf.]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [www-curator.jsc.nasa.gov/antmet/mmc/Lafay.pdf.]
  		•  Siderite
    FeCO
     
    3
    Reference: [www-curator.jsc.nasa.gov/antmet/mmc/Lafay.pdf.]
  		•  Troilite
    FeS
    Reference: [www-curator.jsc.nasa.gov/antmet/mmc/Lafay.pdf.]


    13 entries listed. 7 valid minerals.

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