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Maskelynite from
Shergotty Martian meteorite, Gaya District, Bihar, India


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Origin locality:Mars
Classification
Species:'Maskelynite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Shergottite meteorite1 photo of Maskelynite associated with Shergottite meteorite at this locality.
Pigeonite1 photo of Maskelynite associated with Pigeonite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Maskelynite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shergotty Martian meteorite, Gaya District, Bihar, India
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:22256
Long-form Identifier:1:3:22256:9
GUID (UUID V4):2d07ddf5-d594-4d1b-ba6d-b4f3543b088b
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
composition and oxidation state for the Shergotty meteorite VALERIE P. S. HALE,1 HARRY Y. MCSWEEN, Jr...form February 8, 1999) Abstract—The Shergotty Martian meteorite contains pigeonite and augite with homogeneous...and thus are thought to have co-crystallized in Shergotty, so it seems likely that MELTS may not correctly...this Fe-rich magma. Fe,Ti-oxide compositions in Shergotty were previously used as evidence that the magma...oxides is used. They also proposed that Fe3⫹ in Shergotty pyroxenes indicates magmatic crystallization at
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
coexisting merrillite and apatite in the martian meteorite Shergotty: Implications for merrillite in hydrous...formed were “very dry.” However, the Shergotty martian meteorite has been reported to contain both apatite...abundances of F, Cl, H2O, and S in merrillite from Shergotty using secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS).... We determined that the merrillite in Shergotty was properly identified (i.e., no discernible whitlockite...apatite. The absence of a whitlockite component in Shergotty merrillite and other planetary merrillites may
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
shock melt vein in the Villalbeto de la Pe~ na meteorite: Insights into the shock behavior of diopside...not been described previously in any shocked meteorite. Collectively, all these different lines of evidence...Calcium-rich majorite was first reported in the Shergotty Martian meteorite (Malavergne et al. 2001). It has an augitic...chondrite polymict breccia (hereafter, Villalbeto), a meteorite that fell in Spain in 2004 (Llorca et al. 2005;...dimensions, which is in the possession of the Meteorite High-pressure shock phases Collection at the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
com/locate/gca Shock conditions recorded in NWA 8159 martian augite basalt with implications for the impact...November 2018 Abstract NWA 8159 is an augite-rich martian basalt, formed by cooling of a relatively evolved...high fO2, NWA 8159 is also set apart from most martian shergottites with respect to the low degree of...better constrain the unusal shock history of this meteorite. The transformation of olivine to ahrensite (Fe-ringwoodite)...of previous shock pressure estimates for this meteorite (15–23 GPa). The presence of a majoritic garnet-bearing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University, Tempe, Arizona 85287–1404, USA 4Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona...magma of GRV 99027 suggest low contamination by martian crust. Characteristics of GRV 99027 demonstrate...shergottites, based on the re-crystallization of maskelynite, the homogeneity of minerals, and the low subsolidus...ilmenite. INTRODUCTION Shergottites are a subset of Martian meteorites, and are divided into three petrographic...predominantly of clinopyroxene (augite, pigeonite) and maskelynite (shockproduced diaplectic glass). Lherzolitic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2017). In 2008, Dera et al. discovered that the meteorite mineral allabogdanite, Fe2P, is the result of...Recently stishovite was reported from a lunar meteorite (Kaneko et al. 2015). Presence of stishovite in...approved mineral that was found in the Shergotty and Zagami martian meteorites (Dera et al. 2002; El Goresy...high for the peak shock pressures that the Shergotty meteorite had experienced prior ejection from Mars...pressures of the Shergotty meteorite. Thus, type seifertite in the Shergotty meteorite has probably formed
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Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom...large and rare examples, especially of lunar and Martian varieties. A top Lot is a set of two working 1911...1911 Model pistols made out of Muonionalusta Meteorite, the famous Iron from the Arctic that was discovered...lecture presentation by internationally acclaimed “Meteorite Man” and recently elected National Space Society...working pistols made primarily out of Muonionalusta Meteorite from Sweden A 50-gram specimen of NWA 8159 – the
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Tektites Meteorite Parent Bodies Celestial Mechanics Falls and Finds Age Determinations Meteorite Impacts...Nirgal Vallis 12.5.3. Vedra Valles Impact Craters Martian Meteorites Water on Mars 12.8.1. Hydrologic Cycle...Scot Kaplan for the photograph of the Ahnighito meteorite and we gratefully acknowledge the support of The...AD reached the city of Calicut (Kozhikode) in India. Fourteen years later, in 1512 AD, the Portuguese...Himalayas into India in 326 BC, or 1824 years before Vasco da Gama sighted the Malabar coast of India. While
 
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