| Classification |
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| Species: | Reidite |
| Formula: | ZrSiO4 |
| Comments: | Micron-sized regions inside microscopic clastic zircon grains in shock metamorhoosed sandstone. |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | β1 photo of Reidite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Zircon | β1 photo of Reidite associated with Zircon at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Reidite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Rock Elm impact structure central uplift, Rock Elm, Pierce County, Wisconsin, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 914265 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:914265:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 541e8f25-cbf7-4e33-9d82-a15a05b02bb0 |
| References |
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French, Bevan, Cordua, W.S. & Plescia, Jeff (2004) The Rock Elm Meteorite Impact Structure, Wisconsin: Geology and Shock Metamorphic Effects in Quartz: Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 116(1): 200-218. Cavosie, A.J, Erickson, T.M., & Timms, N.E. (2014) Reidite and shock-twinned zircon in polymict breccia from the Ordovician Rock Elm impact structure, USA: Geological Society of America: Annual Meeting: Abstracts with Programs, vol. 46, no. 6. |
