| Locality type: | Meteorite Fall Location |
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| Species: | 'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species) |
| Formula: | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Comments: | Plagioclase zoned from An81-95. Anorthite (An>90) is not found in the recrystallized regions |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Plagioclase data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Padvarninkai meteorite, Androniski, Anyksciu, Utena County, Lithuania |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 903724 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:903724:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 6153e99a-5e94-4616-bd4a-c472a6b366f1 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Plagioclase |
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| 37.8km (23.5 miles) | ⓘJodzie meteorite, Panevėžys City Municipality, Panevėžys County, Lithuania |
| 64.9km (40.3 miles) | ⓘNerft meteorite, Nereta Parish, Aizkraukle Municipality, Zemgale Region, Latvia |
| 90.6km (56.3 miles) | ⓘBuschhof meteorite, Leimaņi Parish, Jēkabpils Municipality, Zemgale Region, Latvia |
| 96.9km (60.2 miles) | ⓘLixna meteorite, Augšdaugava Municipality, Latgale Region, Latvia |
| References |
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Miyahara, M., Yamaguchi, A., Ohtani, E., Tomioka, N., & Kodama, Y. (2021). Complicated pressure–temperature path recorded in the eucrite Padvarninkai. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 56(8), 1443-1458. |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the surface, so rapidly that portions of the meteorite and the ground which were in contact were vaporized...people wondered about what would happen if a large meteorite fell to the ground, but they were limited by the...meteorites and the corollary that the size of the meteorite was quite small relative to the crater it could...an equal mass of TNT. The kinetic energy of a meteorite changes with the square of the velocity and hence...far more probable that the angle of impact of a meteorite with earth or moon is low rather than high. Previously |
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