Locality type: | Meteorite Fall Location |
Classification |
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Species: | Taenite |
Formula: | (Fe,Ni) |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Taenite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Happy Canyon meteorite, Armstrong County, Texas, USA |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 807811 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:807811:7 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 067726da-62f1-49b4-8d9f-ffa50f9757a1 |
Nearest other occurrences of Taenite |
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32.2km (20.0 miles) | āTulia (A) meteorite, Swisher County, Texas, USA |
60.0km (37.3 miles) | āDimmitt meteorite, Dimmitt, Castro County, Texas, USA |
78.7km (48.9 miles) | āPlainview (1917) meteorite, Hale County, Texas, USA |
References |
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Watters, T. R. & Prinz, M (1979) Aubrites - Their origin and relationship to enstatite chondrites. In: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 10th, Houston, Tex., March 19-23, 1979, Proceedings. Volume 1. (A80-23557 08-91) New York, Pergamon Press, Inc., 1979, p. 1073-1093. |
Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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| PRZYLIBSKI, Tadeusz A., ZAGOÅ»DÅ»ON, Pawel P., KRYZA, Ryszard, PILSKI, Andrzej S. (2005) The ZakÅodzie enstatite meteorite: Mineralogy, petrology, origin, and classification. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 40. doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2005.tb00424.x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | http://meteoritics.org The Zakā„odzie enstatite meteorite: Mineralogy, petrology, origin, and classification...accepted 21 January 2005) AbstractāThe Zakā„odzie meteorite was found in September 1998, about 40 km west...images, and X-ray diffraction data show that the meteorite is composed of clino- and orthoenstatite, two...and opaque minerals: Fe-Ni alloy (kamacite and taenite), troilite, schreibersite, graphite, and sulfide...crystallized at ā¼580ā600 ĀŗC. Thus, the Zakā„odzie meteorite formed by the nearly complete melting of an enstatite |
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