| Locality type: | Borehole |
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| Species: | Gaylussite |
| Formula: | Na2Ca(CO3)2 · 5H2O |
| Comments: | Early, low-T saline brine. |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Gaylussite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Yaxcopoil-1 borehole, Chicxulub impact structure, Puerto Chicxulub, northwest coastline of the Yucatán peninsula, Yucatán, Mexico |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 305090 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:305090:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 8c4f7587-8981-41cb-801e-8de14f725d22 |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | alteration in the core of the Yaxcopoil-1 borehole, Chicxulub impact structure, Mexico Lukas ZÜRCHER*...KRING Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, 1629 East University Boulevard, Tucson,...spectrometric analyses of Yaxcopoil-1 core samples from the Chicxulub crater indicate that the impact generated a...and systematic distribution of alteration products reveal a progression of the hydrothermal event in space...constraints on the nature of the fluids. The earliest calcite, halite, and gaylussite suggest that the impactite |
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