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Clinoenstatite from
Happy Canyon meteorite, Armstrong County, Texas, USA


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Clinoenstatite
Formula:MgSiO3
Comments:Clinoenstatite with extinction angles up to 11 degrees accounts for about 1% of the Enstatite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Clinoenstatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Happy Canyon meteorite, Armstrong County, Texas, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:883311
Long-form Identifier:1:3:883311:2
GUID (UUID V4):cdc3958e-8e74-4285-8658-1045aa7535fd
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
HAPPY CANYON: A NEW TYPE OF ENSTATITE ACHONDRITE Edward J. Olsen Field Museum of Natural History Chicago...Glenn I Huss American Meteorite Laboratory Box 2098 Denver, CO 80201 Happy Canyon [found: 1971, 34°46...34°46.5'N, 101°33.6'W, Texas] consists of about 85 vol. % enstatite (Fs 0.4%), 5 to 10 vol % plagioclase (An...survived extensive terrestrial weathering. The meteorite has a cumulate texture, uniform-size euhedral...in the Cumberland Falls enstatite achondrite. Happy Canyon is most simply explained as an E6 composition
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
http://meteoritics.org The Zak≥odzie enstatite meteorite: Mineralogy, petrology, origin, and classification...accepted 21 January 2005) Abstract–The Zak≥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...crystallized at ∼580–600 ºC. Thus, the Zak≥odzie meteorite formed by the nearly complete melting of an enstatite...The structure, composition, and origin of the meteorite and its relation to the parent rock indicate that
 
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