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Troilite from
Bustee meteorite, Gorakhpur, Basti District, Uttar Pradesh, India


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Troilite
Formula:FeS
Comments:Ti-rich troilite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Troilite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bustee meteorite, Gorakhpur, Basti District, Uttar Pradesh, India
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:316630
Long-form Identifier:1:3:316630:7
GUID (UUID V4):4bd4e16b-25f7-4f32-b7f4-85d57761633c
Nearest other occurrences of Troilite
17.5km (10.8 miles) Haraiya meteorite, Basti District, Uttar Pradesh, India
89.1km (55.4 miles) Dyalpur meteorite, Sultanpur District, Uttar Pradesh, India
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
44.9 (2) 29.5 25.1 101.4 99.8 45.2 (1) Bustee meteorite; by electron microprobe, average of analyses...As minute anhedral grains (Bustee meteorite). Association: Titanian troilite, ferroan alabandite, daubréelite...forsterite, iron (Bustee meteorite). Distribution: From the Bustee enstatite achondrite meteorite [TL]. In the...the Kaidun [??type??ck??] meteorite. Name: Honors Professor Fritz Heide (1891–1973), meteoriticist of...Jena, Germany. Type Material: n.d. [??where is Bustee??ASU provided samples to NM Inst??] References:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occurrences a rapid crystallization or cooling of the meteorite substance is strongly indicated. Like the glass...usually left as a residue on treatment of the meteorite with acid. This residue sometimes amounts to from...or dust left as a residue after dissolving the meteorite in acid. The particles mm in diameter. They are...accompany graphite, amorphous carbon and often troilite 524 STUDIES FOR STUDENTS and schreibersite...found in stone meteorites. It usually accompanies troilite, either bordering nodules or crossing them in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
diameterin the Bustee enstatite achondrite. Other sulfides in Bustee are titanian troilite, ferroan alabandite...cream-coloredin reflected light caught our attention in the Bustee enstatite achondrite. Electron microprobe analysesindicate...new mineral. Titanium-rich troilite had previously been reported in Bustee and other enstatite achondrites...(1969) who recorded 16.3 wt percent Ti in one troilite grain from Bustee.He pointed out the strongly...analyzed;grains in order of abundanceare: titanian troilite (78 percent),ferroan alabandite(11 percent), daubreelite(10
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for the presence of disorderedenetatite. EIG~ meteorite falls and one find have been classified as enstatite...aubrites, after the Aubres meteorite, or as bustites, from the Bustee meteorite. The mineralogy tlnd bulk...markedly similar and distinct from any other meteorite class. The major mineral present in each of these...Blanca Spring Pesyanoe Shallowater 0.8 U.S.A. India U.S.A. Sudan U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.S.R. U.S.A. 6 2...and troilite are the most common opaque minerals but other sulphides found are oldhamite in Bustee (M&KELYNE
Report (issue)
Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: meteorite). Cubic. Point Group: 4/m 3 2/m. Physical Properties:...[100.00] 99.23 100.00 0.32 44.45 (1) Bustee meteorite; after deduction of other mineral impurities...(Ca0.96 Mg0.04 )Σ=1.00 S1.00 . (2) Kota-Kota meteorite; by electron microprobe, average of 11 determinations...niningerite, osbornite, gypsum, calcite, troilite. Distribution: In the Bustee [TL], Hvittis, Mayo Belwa, Indarch
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and octahedrons may be observed. In the Ochansk meteorite, von Siemaschko observed actual crystals made...of orthorhombic pyroxenes alone. These are the meteorite of Bishopville, practically composed of enstatite...defined planes have been observed in the Breitenbach, Bustee, Manegaon and other meteorites. A total of thirty-two...diopside was identified by Maskelyne in the Bustee meteorite. It occurred in grains and splinters and was...been identified in any meteorite. Crystals of anthortite from the Jonzac meteorite reach a length of Icm
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
scheelite in the Mpororo tungsten deposit, Kigezi district, Uganda, with ferberite, anthoinite, and ferritungstite...(1973) (Fe,Cr)'.,(Ti,Fe),Sn, a new mineral in the Bustee enstatiteachondrite (abstr), Meteoritics, S, 48-49...Hardness similar to that of troilite. It occurs with the Bustee meteorite as rare anhedral grains less
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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),
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
None were found in the silicate matrix or in troilite nor were any S i c or sinoite grains found. In...sources of N are osbornite (Grady ef al., 1986) and troilite (Muenowet al., 1992), and both release their N...isotopic composition of osbornite from the Bustee meteorite (abstract). Lunar. Planet. Sci. 15,129-130...large single S i c grains from the Murchison meteorite. Geochim. Cosmochim.Acta 56,1715-1733. ZINNERE...though it has been determined in the more Tl-rich troilite phase of the Canyon Diablo and Toluca iron meteorites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
systematic relationship between carbon content and meteorite group or petrologic type. Wholerock 013C values...chondrites (0 13C = -6.7 to +4.2%0). Carbon in Bustee aubrite is isotopically lighter (013C = -24%.)...depleted in ISN relative to osbomite. Nitrogen in the Bustee aubrite has a similar abundance and olsN value...metal (in some cases silica-rich) and nickel-poor troilite. Several unusual minor constituents have also...ofE-chondrites shows them to be unique amongst meteorite groups, with values close to those of the bulk
Book (volume)
chalcophile (being present in oldhamite, probably in troilite, and sometimes as the sulfide alabandite) [20...accessory chromite [22) but is virtually excluded from troilite [35, p. 185]. Fora classification of Mn as a poorly...range and mean of Mn content in individual stone meteorite classes, refer also to [46]. Gmelin Handbock Mn...average weighted Mn content in individual stone meteorite classes (accompanied by a discussion of the results...mean Mn content for the individual parts of a meteorite is given as 300 ppm for the pure meta! (nickel-iron)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chondrite which does not fit into any of the known meteorite classes. It shows many chemical similarities to...has the highest 815N measured in any whole-rock meteorite, totalling to + 858%0, but reaching + 1497%o in...recognized easily on ice, hence the Antarctic meteorite collection p r o g r a m m e is able to recover...meteorites fall at lower latitudes. As a result, new meteorite classes are b e i n g discovered, extending our...cm) chondritic meteorite weighing only 11.9 g, recovered by the 1985 Antarctic meteorite expedition. Thin-sections
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five elements, H, C, N, 0 and determination of a meteorite 12C/“C ratio on graphite S, normally thought to...intervening period, there was only a minor interest in meteorite oxygen as various investigators wrestled with...(1953) attempted to measure hydrogen from an iron meteorite while BOATO (1953, 1954) reported deuterium enrichments...exploration of the extraterrestrial environment and meteorite studies amongst their most consuming interests...ocean water, ‘80/‘h0 -= 0.0020052 Canyon Diablo troilite, 34S/32S -z 0.045045 I. The approach of differential
Book (edition)
Sciences, Jadavpur University, Calcutta - 700 032, India TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute of Mineralogy...Anisotropy visible Internal Twinning Reflect. Troilite yes Pyrrhotite yes Stibnite moderate, light...grey); Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Sachsen, Germany (sample: Seifert);...quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog Mine, Bullfrog District, Nye Co., Nevada, USA (sample: Witzke); PPL If...placers Kaietur Falls, Potaro River, Kangaruma District, Potaro-Siparuni Region, Guyana Chalcopyrite,
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Professor of Chemistry and Geology Director, Nininger Meteorite Collection Arizona State University JOHN WILEY...Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, India MASATAKE HONDA, School ing, University of fornia...DEVENDRA LAL, Research, JOHN Tata Institute Bombay, India for Fundamental F, LOVERING, Department of Geophysics...Chemistry and Geology, Director of: the Nininger Meteorite Collection, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona...announced the transfer of the outstanding Nininger Meteorite Collection to Arizona State University. Throughethe
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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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
typically by a factor of 10 relative to the bulk meteorite and in more-or-Iess CI-like proportions. The rims...corundum and hibonite grains from the Murchison meteorite. Sachiko Amari, I.' Ernst Zinner I and Roy S....grains 3 to 15 Itm in size from the Murchison meteorite. We have extended this study to smaller grains...shown of these samples. We thank EUROMET for the meteorite samples. PALME H., SCHULTZ L., SPETTEL B., WEBER...Odessa (lAB) and Toluca (lAB). In the Cape York meteorite the differences in concentrations of Ni between
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Metallic grey. Sedmochislenitsi mine, Vratsa district, Balkan Peninsula, Bulgaria. H= 2.5, Djj4= 6.32...(NH4)2SiFg, SI Rhom. Vitreous white. Barari, Bengal, India. H= 2.5, Djjj= 2.152, D(;= 2.144, IIIB 02a. Frondel... (Fe, Ni)2P, E Hex. Metallic white. Ollague Meteorite, Tops, New South Wales, Australia. H=?, Dj4j=...Cr3S4, B Mon. Metallic brownish-grey. Tucson Meteorite. H=?, D(;=4.12, IIB 09c. Bunch & Fuchs, 1969....Na2CaMg(P04)2, S Mon. Transparent colorless. Dayton meteorite, Montgomery Co., Ohio, USA. H=4-5, Dj)4=?, D{;=
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(1989): Mineral. J. 14, 279. Flores mine, Huanuni District, Oruru, Bolivia. Agardite-(La) (La,Ca)Cu¢(AsO4)3(OH)6°3H20...engineer known for his work in the Limoges Altisite district. Chanteloube, Haute-Vienne, France. Na3k6Ti2[AlSigO26]Cl;...plus Gk. hydor, water, plus calcite. Khakassy District, Siberia, Russia. Bilibin, G. (1926): Soc. Russe...engineer and geologist. Misobo Mountain, Kalima District, Zaire. Varlamoff, N. (1947): Ann. Soc. Géol....Bull. Minéral. 105, 621. mine, Aravaipa mining district, Graham County, Arizona, U.S.A. Ardennite Kampf
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absolute terms— when seen from the latitude of Bombay, India. Type II and III tails, said Bredikhin, were highly...fall spread quickly. Within days, geologists, meteorite specialists, and rock hounds from all over North...collected from the site distinguished the Allende meteorite—Allende for short—as the largest ever observed...would make a crucial discovery about the Allende meteorite; for the moment, however, Wasserburg was intent...Earth's atmosphere melted the outer part of the meteorite. Beneath this fusion crust was dark gray stone
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Siberia ae SS shes] TM REED eS SL China and Japan 10. India 11. South east Asia 12. Middle East 13. African...Co., Bonanza mine, Trinity Co., Michigan Bluff district, Placer Co., in AK, placers at Fairbanks, Iditarod...and quartz veins at Juneau. In Canada, Noranda district, PQ; Porcupine, Kirkland Lake, and Larder Lake...deposits, ON; Atlin and Caribou, BC; and Klondike district, YT. In Mexico, Altar and Magdalena, SON; Parral...Tomsk, Yeniseisk, Lena R.., and upper Amur R. In India the chief producer is the Kolar field in Mysore
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1959, vol. 68, p. 360 [M.A., 15, 133], and from India by K. C. Chandy, Indian Minerals, 1961, vol. 40...cassiterite and quartz from near Arandis, Swakopmund district, South-West Africa. Named from the locality. [M...Mueller, 1964. Rept. 22nd Internat. Geol. Congr., India, part 1, p. 46. An insol¬ uble, infusible bitumen...mixed friable ore from the Mammoth mine, Tintic district, Utah. This formula is deduced from a very unsatisfactory...Named from the locality, Askana (AcKaHa), Ozurgety district, Georgia, Transcaucasia. [M.A., 7, 426.] 15th
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Chapman & Hall India. R. Seshadri. 32 Second Main Road. CIT Ea,1. Madras 600 035, India First edi1ion...applied to mineral substances. and a number of meteorite and rock names where their -ite termination can..."probably a contraction of agalmatolite". Agramite. meteorite. S. Meunier ( 1 893) Revision Fers. Mereoriques...Mereoriques. p. 63. Name given to the Agram iron meteorite. 17.1.3 Agrellite. NaCa 2 S i4O 1 oF. J. Gittins. M...959) Bull. Soc. helg. Gi'ol. 68. 360. and from India by K.C. Chandy ( 1 96 1 ) lndiall Min. 40. 197.
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phosphorus has been thought to occur free in a meteorite; very doubtful. 1.24 Arsenic. 2[As]. Dana 7th...Pyrrhotite, Dipyrite (of Readwin). Var. Troilite, 3.9.2. 3.9.2 Troilite, var. of Pyrrhotine, 3.9.1. 2[FeS]...described as a Vanadic ochre from the Lake Superior district (Dana 6th edn, 201) has been shown to be Cuprite...14.18.12 (Brongniart, 1826) A name for the Bustee meteorite Syn. of Bastnasite (M.A. 12-229) 25.10.18...1897, 14.15.1 (Laspeyres, Kosmochlor) Syn. of Meteorite Var. of Paragonite Var. of AEnigmatite Syn. of
 
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