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Forsterite from
Brenham meteorite, Kimberly farm, Kiowa County, Kansas, USA


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Forsterite
Formula:Mg2SiO4
Comments:Average composition Fa11.88 (McKibbin et al., 2019). Usually reported as olivine by the various other authors.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Kamacite3 photos of Forsterite associated with Kamacite at this locality.
Taenite2 photos of Forsterite associated with Taenite at this locality.
Anomalous PMG pallasite meteorite1 photo of Forsterite associated with Anomalous PMG pallasite meteorite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Forsterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Brenham meteorite, Kimberly farm, Kiowa County, Kansas, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1505687
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1505687:2
GUID (UUID V4):b5e82175-3360-44e8-af3c-5736c8e6de03
Nearest other occurrences of Forsterite
68.6km (42.6 miles) Larned meteorite, Pawnee County, Kansas, USA
References
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METEORITICS H . H . Nininger DIRECTOR , AMERICAN METEORITE MUSEUM The University of Denver Press Science...RELATIONS THE PLAINVIEW METEORITE SHOWER THE KIOWA COUNTY METEORITES METEORITE CRATERS A COMPOSITE SWARM...METEORITES AND THE MOON 280 TEKTITES 297 GREAT METEORITE COLLECTIONS 309 PROPOSED NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF...accumulation of materials and field data , the meteorite - minded layman will continue to play a most im...meteor or who shall plow up the long - buried meteorite . Instruc tion of the general public in the art
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obtain a panorama of the scope and substance of meteorite research. I endeavored to remedy this situation...not exhaustively discussed—the great upsurge in meteorite research along many new lines in recent years...and conservation of meteoritic material. Every meteorite is to some degree unique; and meteorites, unlike...I not been favored bv the curatorship of the meteorite collection of The American Museum of Natural History...Chicago Natural History Museum, the Nininger Meteorite Collection (Arizona State University, Tempe),
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2. Lunar geology. 3. Planets — Surfaces. 4. Meteorite craters. I. Title. QB501.K56 550'.999 75-45357...ARIZONA 98 ODESSA CRATERS, TEXAS 102 HAVILAND CRATER, KANSAS 103 THE CANADIAN CRATERS 104 RIES KESSEL, STEINHEIM...at Mecca. This stone is widely reputed to be a meteorite and even thought to be the oldest preserved fragment...Jefferson was quoted in reference to a report of a meteorite fall; “. . .It may be very difficult to explain...of modes of meteorite origin, and possible genetic relations between different meteorite types. More
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minerals are quartz and aluminosilicates; the common meteorite minerals are anhydrous, whereas hydrated minerals...actual extraterrestrial abundances; irons dominate meteorite finds, since they are resistant to weathering...at least as very unusual objects). Over 80% of meteorite falls are chondrites, and over 90% of these belong...subject. Current ideas include volcanism on the meteorite parent bodies, splash droplets formed in collisions...for them and a derivate origin for the other meteorite groups. As a consequence, compositional data are
Report (volume)
Society for the Study of Evolution. University of Kansas. Lawrence, Kans. Explorer- The Explorer. The Natural...Science Series. State College. Hays, Kans. Fort Hays Kansas [France] Centre Recherches et Documentation Cartog...England. Kansas Acad. Sci. Trans. - Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. University of Kansas. Lawrence...Lawrence, Kans. Kansas Geol. Survey Bull. - State Geological Survey of Kansas Bulletin. of Kansas. Lawrence... University Kansas Geol. Survey Computer Contr. - State Geological Survey of Kansas Computer Contribution
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OF THE METALLIC PHASES IN THE ALMAHATA SITTA METEORITE (FRAGMENT#051). Y. A. Abdu1, A. M. Gismelseed2...Khartoum, Sudan. Introduction: The Almahata Sitta meteorite fall was unique because asteroid 2008 TC3, the...Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Road, Washington, DC20015, USA (*calexander@carnegiescience.edu), 2Dept. Geophysical...Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. Introduction: Evidence for the reworking of interstellar...large fragments of the 1947 Sikhote-Alin iron meteorite [2] fallen in the waterlogged deposits. In the
 
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