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Hematite from
Hoba meteorite, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hoba meteorite, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1323377
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1323377:8
GUID (UUID V4):9ca24aa7-264b-4631-8ca1-56f703dc27e8
Nearest other occurrences of Hematite
27.3km (17.0 miles) ⓘKombat Mine, Kombat, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
34.3km (21.3 miles) ⓘBerg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
36.6km (22.7 miles) ⓘAbenab West Mine, Abenab, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
36.9km (23.0 miles) ⓘAbenab Mine, Abenab, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
46.0km (28.6 miles) ⓘTsumeb Mine (Ongopolo Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
65.2km (40.5 miles) ⓘFinsterbergen prospect, Finsterbergen Farm 469, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
oxidation products on the surface of the Hoba nickel-iron meteorite D. C. GOLDEN!, D. W. MING2 AND M. E...oxide layer adjacent to the surface of the Hoba Ni-Fe meteorite was analyzed chemically and mineralogically...oxide layer surrounding Hoba. Most of the Ni from the unweathered original meteorite was distributed among...Some Ni migrated to the limestone in which the meteorite is embedded. No evidence for zaratite or akaganeite...accumulation in limestone in contact with the meteorite is probably due to phosphate adsorbed on Fe-oxides
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Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central Namib Desertand...Copper Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz and the Diamonds 44 49 241 254 272 275... Encyclopedia of the Mineralsof Namibia 443 Meteorites in Namibia Bibliography Index Photo credits...__ Republic of Namibia The President State House W°Ntdhoek FOREWORD Namibia is endowed with an...from near and far. Fine mineral specimen from Namibia are displayed in all the famous natural science
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study of Meridiani Planum, the first iron-nickel meteorite found on the surface of Mars by the MER Opportunity... Abstract–Meridiani Planum is the first iron meteorite found on Mars. It was discovered in 2005 by the...Mössbauer spectra (MS) of the unbrushed and brushed meteorite species were acquired in 10 degrees temperature...conclusion that the meteorite, which contains ~7 wt% Ni, belongs to the IAB meteorite group. Here, making...basketball-sized rock (~30 cm across) that seemed to be a meteorite (Fig. 1) (Rodionov et al. 2005; Schröder et al
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an adventure of a lifetime. Spend two weeks in Namibia, a country of striking scenery, exotic animals...felt that additional days should be scheduled in Namibia to offset the time (and expense) spent on the long...their spouses, and four other friends. Our tour of Namibia and South Africa was now extended for a third week...Mineral Safari to the remote southwestern corner of Namibia. We decided to rent vans and depart the safari...drive more than 1,000 kilometers to Oranjemund, Namibia, where the Orange River flows into the frigid South
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England, Colorado, California, Peru, Italy, France, Namibia, and many other places. Aside from the Austrian...fresco, the young woman’s hair was painted using hematite for coloring, while the pigment in the older woman’s...a powdered filler material that, in the Pompeii region, was powdered rhyolite, an abundant, silica-rich...widely used austere pigment was finely ground hematite (iron oxide) or “red ochre”, which had a rich...minerals. Marble’s pink and red colors are caused by hematite; yellows by limonite, an indeterminate mixture
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England, Colorado, California, Peru, Italy, France, Namibia, and many other places. Aside from the Austrian...fresco, the young woman’s hair was painted using hematite for coloring, while the pigment in the older woman’s...a powdered filler material that, in the Pompeii region, was powdered rhyolite, an abundant, silica-rich...widely used austere pigment was finely ground hematite (iron oxide) or “red ochre”, which had a rich...minerals. Marble’s pink and red colors are caused by hematite; yellows by limonite, an indeterminate mixture
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The Mechanical and Thermal Alteration of Iron Meteorite Structures H. J. AXON, Department of Metallurgy...rates require the parent meteorite bodies to be very much larger than known meteorite falls and it is necessary...in size. This nickel-iron, extracted from the meteorite and cleaned from adhering material, shows some...to their diameter. Polished sections of the meteorite show that 1. The clusters of nickel-iron grains...Metallographic Observations on the TishomingoOklahoma Meteorite R. D. BUCHHEIT and J. L. MC CALL, Battelle Memorial
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basic understanding of the geology of an area or region will never happen without initial observation of...Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Reunion (France) Rwanda SĂŁo ThomĂ©...Democratic Republic of Congo were also felt by Angola, Namibia, Rwanda, Uganda and Zimbabwe. The long-term implication...(1872) on East Africa, in which the Great Lakes region of central eastern Africa is very poorly ïŹgured...have alongstrike facies variations from chert-hematite/magnetite associations into carbonates and sulphides
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deposit tufa limestone in Red colour comes from hematite weird shapes. Nummulitic limestone contains small...'~ This massive lump of iron crashed down in Namibia 80,000 years ago r:: ,..,0 .... I >, ,::: ...surface of an asteroid : - - Formed when a large meteorite smashed into Eanh Green moldavite formed in meteorile...meteorile impacts ~eteorite ,.i Meteorite cut for jewellery 38 Look up to the sky on a clear night...atmosphere Rock fragment blasted offthe Moon by meteorite impact Rounded silicate grains ----,: ;;;,---\--
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location near the equator means it can see a wide region of the sky. peessage into Space il = movie...1998, the Hubble Space Telescope stared at a tiny region ofspace, revealing a view never seen before— thousands...Tarantula Nebula 30 Doradus is a vast star-forming region in the LMC. The region’s spidery appearance gives...oa heat up and give out X-rays (the light blue region in the middle). NGC 7318a (right) tae The NGC...Satellites can be affected by many things. Small meteorite impacts, the solar wind, solar radiation, and
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Appendices, References PUBLISH ED FOR THE CENTER FOR METEORITE STUDIES, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY BY THE UNIVERSITY...Poems, London,l803 PREFACE The Center for Meteorite Studies is pleased to have the opportunity to...work. As a part of his travels the Center for Meteorite Studies is proud to acknowledge the year he spent...teaching about the meteorites in the Nininger Meteorite Collection. This set of books is the most comprehensive... Foremost certainly as far as the Center for Meteorite Studies is concerned is Herbert G. Fales whose
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Meteorites and Meteorite Hunters O. Richard Norton Illustrated by Dorothy S. Norton Mountain Press...O. Richard. Rocks from space : meteorites and meteorite hunters / O. Richard Norton ; illustrated by Dorothy...Meteorites 5. Meteorite Showers 6. Two Great Siberian Meteorite Falls 7. America's Great Meteorite Crater 8...Ill 131 Part ll - what is a Meteorite? 9. How to Recognize a Meteorite 10. Chondrites-The Common Stony...Mantles of Planets 157 175 201 215 235 Part ill - Meteorite Hunters 14. The Great Meteorites—Their Discovery
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postulated again a development of metallurgy in a region in eastern Anatolia and northern Iraq, from where...mountain range in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan) this region is the so-called Tethyan Eurasian metallogenic...disregarded, such as, e.g. in the deposits of Tsumeb in Namibia or those in Chile, from where it has become world... can be considered a highly frequented transit region between Anatolia, the Caucasus and Iran on the...millennium and about 3000 BC suggests that this region had also a position as a major innovation centre
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
were pentlandite (Fe, Ni, S), chalcopyrite (Cu), hematite (O), PtS (Pt) and Ru metal. Standards for alloy...lg g1 Pt) as deter- 269 mined using the Hoba meteorite as the external SRM (Walker et al., 2008)....it was necessary to place the top of the melting region at a pressure of 0.6 GPa for the sulfur-poor mantle...taken to be 250 lg g1 then the top of the melting region must be shallower, at a pressure of 0.41 GPa. The... but pooled mixtures from a triangular melting region (dashed green line) reproduce natural compositions
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took over the governing of Africa, the zoisite region of Tanganyika came under the control of the Germans...came to an end. After that war, control of the region brought another name change when placed in the...servants of Queen Beryl. Other mineral names like hematite and silver crystal also crop up as characters...extracted from the Merelani Hills in the Manyara Region of Tanzania. HERITAGE AUCTIONS WWW.ROCKNGEM.COM...zoisite was recovered from the Mundarara Mine, Arusha Region, Tanzania. HERITAGE AUCTIONS 14 ROCK&GEM | WWW
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an attempt to rework the famous Tsumeb Mine in Namibia for specimens. Hemerdon being more productive for...a new mineral species from the Tsumeb Mine in Namibia was to be named after me. This came as a complete...olivenite for ÂŁ8. The next specimen I bought was a hematite crystal specimen from Egremont for ÂŁ6.50 . The...gear. Before we left to go home, I reserved a hematite (variety kidney ore) from Cumberland. Friday 3...with baryte, a pyrrohotite crystal specimen, a hematite from Elba with nice crystals and a smithsonite
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range of topics covered, including asteroid and meteorite classification, chemical and physical properties...Minerals Terrestrial Weathering Meteorite Classification Meteors Meteorite Densities Magnetic Field Radioactive...How well can we link these bodies to particular meteorite groups? What can be learned from returned samples...atmosphere is relatively transparent in this wavelength region. The light that allows us to see asteroids originated...bodies with similar sizes to the wavelengths of each region, and the temperatures of different bodies emitting
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titaniferous ilmenite, FeTiOj, or or (Fe,Ti)303. Hematite, FcaOg, is a scanty constituent of many eruptive...pressure of oxygen (J. W. Greig and colleagues). Hematite is produced by the action of steam on iron salts...2040° C. 2180° C. 1565 °C. 1450° C. Chromite Hematite Ilmenite Zircon and Zirconosilicates. The principal...alum is also common. Magnetite and red ochre (hematite) are found at almost every vent. Some crystals... Maximum for rose-quartz. 500- Magnetite->hematite (in presence of oxygen). Wollastonite formed from
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pressure of oxygen (J. W. Greig and colleagues). Hematite is produced by the action of steam on iron salts...melting points are known:- Corundum Chromite Hematite Ilmenite 2040° 2180° 1666° 1460° C. C. C. C...between porphyry and limestone White Knob, Mackay region, Idaho. (After J. B. Umpleby.) at they are followed...of magmatic with non-magmatic material in this region. \V. H. Collins makes out a strong case for extensive...or banded slates containing much magnetite and hematite. _ Where the biotite granite makes contact with
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a giant meteorite on the Earth; inside appearance of the famous Arizona (Barringer) meteorite crater,...diameter. (From the book by Nininger, Arizona’s Meteorite Crater. Past-Present-Future11.) Pergamon Press...2198/66 1387164 Contents Introduction I. Meteorite craters on the surface of the Earth 1 1. The...Description of craters Conclusion 2. Authentic meteorite craters 1 3 4 6 8 8 Arizona Odessa Henbury Wabar...11 19 27 31 33 42 42 42 46 48 58 3. Suspected meteorite craters 60 Bosumtwi (Ashanti) Talemzane Mount
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Mattson CRYSTAL FORM AND STRUCTURE/Cecil /. Schneer METEORITE CRATERS/C. J. H. McCall 01111111m1111111111...Papers in Geology/ 36 A BENCHMARK Âź Books Series METEORITE CRATERS G. J. Edited by H. MCCALL Senior Consultant...under title: Meteorite craters. (Benchmark papers in geology; 36) Includes indexes. 1. Meteorite craters-Addresses...under title: Meteorite craters. (Benchmark papers in geology; 36) Includes indexes. 1. Meteorite craters-Addresses...actual scars on the surface of the earth, of meteorite strikes? If we accept that the impact of meteorites
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Book 27 The Isthmus and The Weather of 93 Meteorite Island Belief 129 Mr. Barringers Big Idea ...Index 412 453 , 505 31 Down 386 437 Meteorite Chart , 309 333 Antarctic Journey Crap Through...all kill that weight. Meteor” featured a meteorite that accelerated the aging of the hapless castaways... and the Profes- made sor even movie My meteorite. “Meet Gilligans Island called a Geiger counter...pricey. An English breakfast cereal, packets of meteorite dust as a promotional give- wondered how many
 
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