Locality type:

Meteorite Fall Location

Classification

Species:

Troilite

Formula:

FeS

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Happy Canyon meteorite, Armstrong County, Texas, USA

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

807812

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:807812:4

GUID (UUID V4):

02784bfe-a238-4326-abde-6a7b0d19dd4b

Nearest other occurrences of Troilite

32.2km (20.0 miles)

ⓘ Tulia (A) meteorite, Swisher County, Texas, USA

60.0km (37.3 miles)

ⓘ Dimmitt meteorite, Dimmitt, Castro County, Texas, USA

64.2km (39.9 miles)

ⓘ Clarendon meteorite, Clarendon area, Donley County, Texas, USA

78.7km (48.9 miles)

ⓘ Plainview (1917) meteorite, Hale County, Texas, USA

References

Watters, T. R. & Prinz, M (1979) Aubrites - Their origin and relationship to enstatite chondrites. In: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 10th, Houston, Tex., March 19-23, 1979, Proceedings. Volume 1. (A80-23557 08-91) New York, Pergamon Press, Inc., 1979, p. 1073-1093.

Reference Search (possible matching items)

	Olsen, Edward J., Bunch, T.E., Jarosewich, Eugene, Noonan, Albert F., Huss, Glenn I (1977) HAPPY CANYON: A NEW TYPE OF ENSTATITE ACHONDRITE. Meteoritics, 12 (2) 109-124 doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.1977.tb00336.x	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	HAPPY CANYON: A NEW TYPE OF ENSTATITE ACHONDRITE Edward J. Olsen Field Museum of Natural History Chicago...Glenn I Huss American Meteorite Laboratory Box 2098 Denver, CO 80201 Happy Canyon [found: 1971, 34°46...34°46.5'N, 101°33.6'W, Texas] consists of about 85 vol. % enstatite (Fs 0.4%), 5 to 10 vol % plagioclase (An...remnants of metal (Ni 6.35 wt %, Si-free] and troilite (with 5.10 wt % Cr and 1.15 wt % Ti) that have...survived extensive terrestrial weathering. The meteorite has a cumulate texture, uniform-size euhedral
	PRZYLIBSKI, Tadeusz A., ZAGOŻDŻON, Pawel P., KRYZA, Ryszard, PILSKI, Andrzej S. (2005) The Zakłodzie enstatite meteorite: Mineralogy, petrology, origin, and classification. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 40. doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2005.tb00424.x	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	http://meteoritics.org The Zak≥odzie enstatite meteorite: Mineralogy, petrology, origin, and classification...accepted 21 January 2005) Abstract–The Zak≥odzie meteorite was found in September 1998, about 40 km west...images, and X-ray diffraction data show that the meteorite is composed of clino- and orthoenstatite, two...minerals: Fe-Ni alloy (kamacite and taenite), troilite, schreibersite, graphite, and sulfide (Mg, Mn...crystallized at ∼580–600 ºC. Thus, the Zak≥odzie meteorite formed by the nearly complete melting of an enstatite
	Moynier, Frédéric, Paniello, Randal C., Gounelle, Matthieu, Albarède, Francis, Beck, Pierre, Podosek, Frank, Zanda, Brigitte (2011) Nature of volatile depletion and genetic relationships in enstatite chondrites and aubrites inferred from Zn isotopes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75 (1) 297-307 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2010.09.022	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA b Laboratoire de Minéralogie et de Cosmochimie du...Shallowater), EL chondrites, EH chondrites and Happy Canyon (impact-melt breccia). We also analyzed the...35); and the impact-melt enstatite chondrite Happy Canyon (d66Zn = 0.37). The aubrite Peña Blanca Spring...chondrites, Kong et al. (1997) proposed that both meteorite families originated from a single parent body...minerals such as Si-bearing Fe–Ni metal, Ti-bearing troilite, niningerite: (Mg,Mn,Fe)S, caswellsilverite: NaCrS2

Troilite from Happy Canyon meteorite, Armstrong County, Texas, USA

Troilite from
Happy Canyon meteorite, Armstrong County, Texas, USA