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Silica (commodity) from
Meteor Crater, Meteor Crater area, Coconino County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Impact Crater
Classification
Commodity:Silica (commodity)
Data
Commodity Data:Click here to view Silica (commodity) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Meteor Crater, Meteor Crater area, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1307053
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1307053:1
GUID (UUID V4):dd362ad2-e650-4203-861e-6409616306e7
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book (edition)
the Geology of Barringer Meteorite Crater, Arizona (a k a Meteor Crater) Second Edition Prepared by David...to illuminate the world’s best preserved impact crater, our efforts to use this worldclass geologic site...programs, and data relevant to the analysis of the crater. The background image was taken by the author....the Field Training and Research Program at Meteor Crater was taken by teaching assistant Josh Garber...of images showing different perspectives of the crater are, from left to right, LPI’s colorized version
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
relaxation study of shocked Coconino Sandstone from Meteor Crater, Arizona Received: January 3 1997 /...characterize the silica phases in a moderately-shocked Coconino sandstone from Meteor Crater, Arizona. The spectra...assigned to a densified hydrous form of amorphous silica (D phase), quartz, coesite and stishovite phases...phase geometries. Introduction Coconino sandstone from Meteor Crater, Arizona is ideally suited for examination...examination of naturally shocked quartz. Unshocked Coconino sandstone is an exceptionally pure quartzite,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reequilibration of fluid inclusions in Coconino sandstone from Meteor Crater, Arizona Megan E. Elwood Madden a,*...VA 24060, USA b Lunar and Planetary Lab, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA Received 2...metamorphosed Coconino sandstone were collected from Barringer Meteorite Crater (Meteor Crater, Arizona) and classified...1971. Shock metamorphism of the Coconino sandstone at Meteor Crater, Arizona, Journal of Geophysical Research...decreases dramatically from unshocked samples of Coconino sandstone through shock stages 1a, 1b, and 2.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OF HIGH-PRESSURE SILICA POLYMORPHS IN WHOLE-ROCK SAMPLES FROM A METEOR CRATER, ARIZONA, IMPACT SAMPLE USING...pressure silica polymorphs coesite and stishovite in whole-rock samples from a Meteor Crater, Arizona, impact...high-pressure silica polymorphs which are important diagnostic minerals for the recognition of meteor impact...during impact. Stishovite occurs naturally only at meteor impacts; coesite is by far most common at impact...study of a sample of shocked Coconino sandstone from Meteor Crater, Arizona. Our results indicate that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
An unusual occurrence of coesite at the Lonar crater, India Steven J. JARET1*, Brian L. PHILLIPS1, David...11794–2100, USA 2 Department of Geosciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, USA 3 Jacobs—NASA...Houston, Texas 77058, USA 4 Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, Arizona 85719, USA * Corresponding author...basalt at Lonar crater, India. This is the first report of coesite from the Lonar crater. Coesite occurs...spectroscopy. The coesite+glass occurs only within former silica amygdules, which is also the first report of high-pressure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Washington, D.C. 20008, USA z U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia 22092, USA Abstract. Raman spectra...structure. Natural stishovite obtained from Meteor Crater, Arizona has a first-order Raman spectrum that is...scattering spectroscopy. Spectral properties of the silica polymorphs in which silicon has tetrahedral coordination...Optical phonons of quartz, cristobalite, coesite and silica glass have been measured (see Kieffer 1979a, Sharma...a). For stishovite, the high-pressure phase of silica in which silicon has octahedral coordination, spectral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
average Fe ⁄ Ni of quartz with PDF (about 20) and of silica glasses (about 24) are in contrast to the average...recently discovered Kamil crater (Egypt; D’Orazio et al. 2011), Wabar crater (Saudi Arabia; Mittlefehldt...even the Meteor  The Meteoritical Society, 2013. Crater 1.2 km in diameter (Arizona, USA; Mittlefehldt...melted, disseminated residues in impact breccias and crater ïŹ‚oor fractures. At larger craters, the nature of...and projectile materials. Most authors describe crater dimensions, such as size, depth, and shape, as
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1700 E. Ft. Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, Arizona 85719–2395, USA Institute for Dynamics of Geospheres, Russian...unresolved questions about Meteor Crater, the ïŹrst recognized impact crater on Earth. This theoretical...and laboratory studies of Meteor Crater. Our results indicate that Meteor Crater was formed by a high-velocity...compression, and were redistributed randomly around the crater. Thus, the distribution of Canyon Diablo meteorites...ejected from the crater during crater excavation and was dispersed mostly downrange of the crater as molten
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tandfonline.com/loi/tigr20 IMPACT ROCKS OF METEOR CRATER, ARIZONA a a a O. A. Bogatikov , R. V. Boyarskaya...D. I. Frikh-Khar (1985) IMPACT ROCKS OF METEOR CRATER, ARIZONA, International Geology Review, 27:3, 319-326...com/page/termsand-conditions IMPACT ROCKS OF METEOR CRATER, ARIZONA O. A. Bogatikov, R. V. Boyarskaya, S. V...finding saline minerals along with the high-pressure silica phases. Coesite is found in the rocks of class...and over 250 kbar for those of class V. Meteor Crater, Arizona, is one of the young­ est and best preserved
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Netherlands COESITE FROM THE LAKE WANAPITEI CRATER, ONTARIO* M.R. DENCE, P.B. ROBERTSON and R.L. WIRTttLIN...quartzite, contains coesite in clasts of diaplectic silica glass (refractive index 1.4605+0.0005) held in...80 ° 44.6'W) is an eroded hypervelocity impact crater has been given by Dence and Popelar [1 ]. The central...Since first being detected at Barringer Meteor Crater, Arizona, the presence of the high-pressure SiO=...fresh, strongly shocked Coconino sandstone from Barringer Meteor Crater, Arizona [6, 7], although many
Report (issue)
6651(4) Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Meteor Crater, Arizona, USA. 2.959 (100), 1.530 (50), 1.981 (35)...spectrographic analysis of the mineral from Meteor Crater, Arizona, USA indicates essentially pure SiO2 : Polymorphism...Coesite, quartz, silica glass. Distribution: From Meteor Crater, Coconino Co., Arizona, and at the Cretaceous-Tertiary...Mexico, USA. In Germany, at the NÄordlinger Ries crater, Bavaria. From the Vredefort Ring crater, Orange...Africa. At the Ternovska crater, Krivoi Rog, Ukraine. From the Lonar Lake crater, Maharashtra, India. Name:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
California90024, USA Abstract. A high-resolution study of shocked Coconino Sandstone from Meteor Crater, Arizona...a hot precursor phase, believed to be amorphous silica with silicon in six-fold * Permanent address:...hot steam erodes grains in some places, forming a silica-rich fluid which can subsequently be deposited...places in the rocks. In strongly shocked rocks, silica and hot water intermix to form a super-critical...phases in naturally shocked Coconino Sandstone from Meteor Crater, Arizona. This is the first set of extensive
Book
OLOGY om GEOLOGY UNDERFOooT in NORTHERN ARIZONA Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2022 with...foot0000abbo GEOLOGY UNDERFOOT in NORTHERN ARIZONA Lon Abbott and Terri Cook Mountain Press Publishing...Abbott, Lon, 1963— Geology underfoot in northern Arizona / Lon Abbott and Terri Cook. —lst ed. p. cm. Includes...Geology—Arizona—Guidebooks. 2.Geoparks—Arizona—Guidebooks. 3. National parks and reserves—Arizona—Guidebooks...(406) 728-1900 www.mountain-press.com 4. Parks—Arizona For Dona, With everything yow doand every, life
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
within impactite glass bombs from the Meteor Crater area, Arizona, contain from 20 to 65 weight percent...water may have contributed to the oxidation at Meteor Crater. Spherules in tektites were not oxidized because...spherules in impactite bombs from the Wabar and Meteor Crater meteorite impact craters have been described...spherical; a small percentage of those seen in Meteor Crater impactites are irregular in shape; that of a...doubt that metallic spherules in the Wabar and Meteor Tarr.r 1. Arer,vsns ol Nrcxrr. rN Mrralr,rc Spnrnur
Book
Controversy raged over whether such sites as Meteor Crater in Arizona were attributable to meteorites or volcanism... Within Meteor Crater, Arizona ~ Meteorite Craters KATHLEEN MARK The University of Arizona Press TUCSON...the earth. THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS Copyright © 1987 The Arizona Board of Regents All Rights Reserved...Curious Landforms of the Colorado Plateau 3. Meteor Crater, Arizona 4. More Meteorite Craters 5. Explosive...Shatter Cones 11. Meteorite Craters in Canada and Crater Forms 104 12. 148 More Controversy, More Craters
Report (issue)
if r IMPACT MECHANICS AT METEOR CRATER, ARIZONA, Eugene M; Shoemake^ Prepared on behalf of the U... Geologic map of Meteor Crater* Ariaona * § , 4. Cross sections of Metoor Crater, Ariaoaa* aad 5...5. Compress Urn of rocks at Metaor Crater, Ari»oaa» a« a function of compression of the meteorite and...showing sequence of events in formation of Meteor Crater, ArUona--- ~~-~ 43 Tables Table 1. Solutions...7.85fm/cna - II Impact mechanics at **«**<>* Crater. Ariaona Eugene Bi* Shoemaker U. S. Geot*g*«»*
Report (issue)
9 S P Flow. ....................... 11 Meteor Crater ..................... 12 Southern Coulee ...Structure and Composition of the Southern Coulee, Mono Crater, California A Pumiceous Rhyolite Flow, by Robert...Geology and Petrography of the Sonora Pass Site, Mono County, California, by David V. Haines. ........ Abstract......... 170 Petrography of Meteor Crater Core 4, Meteor Crater, Arizona, by David V. Haines .......... Page Topographic map of Southern Coulee, Mono County, California ................... In pocket Figure
Report (volume)
---_AI Umchaimin Crater-------------------------------------_ Amak Island Crater ____ ----------------------...----------_ Amguid Crater-------------------------------------------Aouelloul Crater------ ________________________...__________ Basra Crater------------------------~--------------------Boxhole Crater------------------...-------------------------Brent Crater---------------------------------------------Campo del Cielo Craters...--------------Crater Elegante------------------------------------------Crestone Crater--------------
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(2001) Available online at http://www.uark.edu/meteor Evidence for shock metamorphism in sandstones...product, no crater structure and no disturbed sandstone strata have yet been found in the area of the LDG...impact structures (e.g., Ries Crater in Germany; Arizona Meteorite Crater, USA), where the ejecta occur in... I), the LDG strewn field covers a roughly oval area of about 130 x 53 km (Spencer, 1939) on an almost...short passage through the southern part of the LDG area, one of the authors (B. K.) collected a few samples
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Printed in USA Authentication controversies and impactite petrography of the New Quebec Crater URSULA B...02138, USA -Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA (Received...meteoritic origin was proposed for the New Quebec Crater in 1949 on the basis of an aerial photograph showing...C. Leonard and Lincoln LaPaz, cited the "Chubb" Crater as a flagrant example for which claims of meteoritic...also listed the Lake Bosumtwi Crater in Ashanti (now Ghana) among crater-like features, clearly ofnon-meteoritic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(1993) 0 Meteoritical Society, 1993. Printed in USA Award Barringer Medal Citation for Edward C. T....form ofquartz, in shocked Coconino sandstone samples at Meteor Crater in Arizona. The samples were given...another high-pressure form of silica, stishovite, which was also from Meteor Crater. These discoveries established...coesite and stishovite in an established impact crater did not only deliver a powerful tool for recognition... Subsequent to the discovery of coesite in Meteor Crater, Ed Chao searched for and found it in one of
Book
Cornell University QE 86.M5B27 called Meteorr crater (formerly C.^^^^^^^^^ 060 3 1924 003 933 The...This paper urns read before the National its ARIZONA Autumn Meetbig Academy of Science^ at l^rinctton...13 of sunshine station & A.T.& S.F.R.R. COCONINO COUNTY. 24.T.I9.N.R.I2>S E.) rMPEWYIFIM mwm mim...SOMEROCKFRftGMlNTSHRIEBEEN THROWN AS FAR AS TWO MILES FROM THE CRATER. THIS MAP MERELY SHOWS MANNER OF DISTRIBUTION AND...AND RELATIVE QUANTITY OF MATERIAL NEAR THE CRATER . VERY MUCH MORE MATtRlAL HAS BEEN THROWN TO THE SOUTH
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
super-Schmidt meteor data. A less specific ablation model is also considered. A method for analyzing meteor light...Approximate lag times can be readily deduced from reduced meteor data. A typical average value of the lag time computed...moving toward the northwest from the Philadelphia area toward Saint Mary's. Even though the sky was partially...partially overcast throughout most of the area, the fireball was well observed by many people and thus...reached the ground. However, the calculated impact area is in almost completely uninhabited state forest
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COESITE AND STISHOVITE FRO\I COCONINOSANDSTONEOF METEOR CRATER, ARIZONA1 Suraey,Washington, D. C. J. J. Faunv...high-pressure polymorphs of silica, can be recovered from shocked Coconino Sandstone by repeated treatments...separation. hqrnonucrroN Shocked Coconino Sandstonefrom Meteor Crater, Arizona, contains bcrth coesite (Chao...(Chao et al., 1962), the high-pressurepolymorphs of silica. Many samplesof this rock, ground to passa 270-meshsieve...than is qvartz, as is shown in Table 1. The fused silica glasspresentin the Coco_ nino Sandstone,that resultedfrom
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
31-33 (1993) @ Meteontical Society, 1993. Printed in USA The Barringer Medal Award Presented 1992 July 30...States Geological Survey Reston, Virginia 22092, USA (Received 1992 November 30) of shock within the...metamorphism, meteorite craters- particularly the Ries Crater of Germany-and tektites. COESITE, STISHOVITE, AND...memory and acquaintance with the Barringer Meteor Crater of Arizona was in 1960 June when Dr. John O'Keefe...Maryland) brought me a small piece of shocked Coconino Sandstone specimen from the U.S. National Museum
 
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