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Bytownite from
Camel Donga meteorite, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Anorthite var: Bytownite
Formula:(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bytownite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Camel Donga meteorite, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:903528
Long-form Identifier:1:3:903528:7
GUID (UUID V4):3455d1d4-d6b4-466f-9807-a7241a2537f7
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Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan Western Australian Argon Isotope Facility, JdL Center &...Geology, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia c National Institute of Polar Research...Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia b Received 22 March 2019; accepted in revised...equilibrated eucrite with granulitic textures; Camel Donga, a brecciated equilibrated eucrite enriched in...residues, however, only those of the Agoult and Camel Donga plagioclase-rich fractions yielded isochrons
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. HED meteorite petrogenesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Aside from lunar and martian meteorites, the HED meteorite clan is the only group for which we have a strong...largely resulted from the explosive growth in meteorite recoveries beginning with the systematic harvesting...orthopyroxene grains up to 2.4 mm in size (Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter, 19(2), 1996; Papike et al., 2000)...generally free of fusion crust indicating the meteorite broke up late during entry. Pyroxenes in Tatahouine
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classification. TEMJEDS investigation of the meteorite has established that many of the phyllosilicates...sedimentary dolomites. Y82042 appears to be a unique meteorite in possessing significant amounts of both calcite...sub-rounded aggregates) formed prior to assembly of the meteorite, which is consistent with gentle compaction. The...emplacement, concurrent with cementation of the meteorite constituents by further, minor serpentinization...ureilites (Berkley et ai., 1986). The origin of this meteorite (and ureilites in general) is controversial, opinion
 
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