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Plagioclase from
Estherville meteorite, Emmet County, Iowa, USA


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Comments:Plagioclase grains are somewhat variable in composition, but are normally unzoned.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Plagioclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Estherville meteorite, Emmet County, Iowa, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:916274
Long-form Identifier:1:3:916274:7
GUID (UUID V4):fb2d3067-beab-4a5e-b5cd-0b39dd92f24e
Nearest other occurrences of Plagioclase
96.2km (59.8 miles) Forest City meteorite, Winnebago County, Iowa, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and the identity of the MgjCr ratio in the two meteorite groups is established, provided Chaves is treated...indicative of the genetic link between these three meteorite classes. The silicate fractions of nine mesosiderites...ofa eucritic liquid of the composition of Sioux County yields a residual liquid similar to Nuevo Laredo;...Juvinas; MC - Moore County; MO - Moama (Lovering, 1975); PS - Pasamonte; SC - Sioux County;SM - Serra de Mage;...- Barea; D - Dyarrl Island; E - Emery; ES - Estherville;.I:, -I:owicz; MY - Mincy; MP - Mount Padbury
Report (issue)
METEORITES The Estherville Meteorite, by Joseph Nelen and Brian Mason DD) Nelen : Iron Meteorite Cornpoctions...Clarke, Jr., and eneere perce The Nejo, Ethiopia, Meteorite by Roy S. Clarke, Jr., Eugene Jarosewich, and...Nakhon Pathom Meteorite, by Joseph A. Nelen Ec Kurt Fredriksson 57 65 Forest Vale Meteorite, by A. F...and augite) and olivine, with minor amounts of plagioclase and ilmenite, and rare metal grains. The compositions...sanidine (50%), quartz (30%), hedenbergite (10%), plagioclase (7%), fayalite (3%), and accessory apatite, whitlockite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
www.elsevier.com/locate/pss The measurement of meteorite heat capacity at low temperatures using liquid...Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA c Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana...Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA d Department of Physics, University of Central Florida...Orlando, FL 32816, USA e Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA f Arecibo Observatory...Observatory, Arecibo, PR 00612, USA b art ic l e i nf o a b s t r a c t Article history: Received 29
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and SC in Sioux County with a 24% partial melt that required the exhaustion of plagioclase from the source...cumulates. from a basaltic melt (Serra de Mage, Moore County) (FUKUOKA et al., 1977; CONS~LMAGNO and DRAKE,...scarce. Sc~~rrr et al. (1963. 1964) reported Estherville to have a REE pattern similar to those of howardites...- 20%) and non-magnetic (-40”/,) fractions. Estherville was crushed by P.A. Baedecker in a steel mortar...lowest levels of all six elements are in the Estherville sample ground in a steel mortar. Although contamination
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
85721, USA *Department of Geological Sciences, Unive~ity of Washin~on, Seattle, WA 98 195, USA (Received...selected orthopyroxene crystals from Bondoc and Estherville mesosiderites with very high precision, and used...metallographic and cation ordering data for Estherville, within the framework of either an asymptotic...reconciled with a cooling rate similar to that of Estherville. The calculated cooling rates at both high- and...conflicting in some cases, such as in the case of the meteorite Shaw (SCOTTand FLAJAN,1979). This is not surprising
Journal (issue)
Meteorite Times Magazine Contents by Editor Featured Monthly Articles Accretion Desk by Martin Horejsi...Horejsi Jim's Fragments by Jim Tobin Meteorite Market Trends by Michael Blood Bob's Findings by Robert Verish...Micro Visions by John Kashuba Meteorite Calendar by Anne Black Meteorite of the Month by Editor Tektite...necessarily reflect the views or opinions of The Meteorite Exchange, Inc., nor those of any person connected...connected therewith. In no event shall The Meteorite Exchange, Inc. be responsible for, nor liable for, exposure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
microscopist, Gustav Tschermak, and the outstanding meteorite collection of that day, the Vienna collection...meteorites. Table 1 traces the development of meteorite mineralogy over the following seventy years. It...extracted sulfur with alcohol from the Cold Bokkeveld meteorite, and later investigators extracted it from other...(Whitlockite) Olivine Orthopyroxene Clinopyroxene Plagioclase Serpentine (Fe, Ni) (r'e, Ni) (,u C C SiC FegC...weathering. In 1955, therefore, to specializein meteorite mineralogy might well have beenconsideredthe refugeol
Book
Meteorites and Meteorite Hunters O. Richard Norton Illustrated by Dorothy S. Norton Mountain Press...O. Richard. Rocks from space : meteorites and meteorite hunters / O. Richard Norton ; illustrated by Dorothy...Meteorites 5. Meteorite Showers 6. Two Great Siberian Meteorite Falls 7. America's Great Meteorite Crater 8...Ill 131 Part ll - what is a Meteorite? 9. How to Recognize a Meteorite 10. Chondrites-The Common Stony...Mantles of Planets 157 175 201 215 235 Part ill - Meteorite Hunters 14. The Great Meteorites—Their Discovery
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
569-580 (2000) 0Meteoritical Society, 2000 Printed in USA. Microstructures of metal grains in ordinary chondrites:...Leroux et al. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE For each meteorite, polished sections were etched in nital (3% I-INOj...stochiometric Fe-Ni sample. Several metal grains of each meteorite were then selected and prepared for ATEM examination...observations for each meteorite separately. Saint SCverin (LL6 chondrite) In this meteorite, metal phases comprise...metal and troilite strongly suggests that the meteorite reached in the past, at least locally, the eutectic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TREMORGIO (CANTON TICINO) AS A POSSIBLE QUARTERNARY METEORITE IMPACT CRATER IN THE SWISS ALPS Kurt Bachtiger...the author had, some years ago, the idea of a meteorite impact crater in the Quarternary, i.e. 20-50,000...to 25° relative to the twinnings of the host plagioclase. Taking into account the contemporary morphological...some interpretations will be attempted. 171 K Meteorite Type (ppm) johnstown (whole rock) Di 853...Total Ar 39_Ar40 age (G.Y.) 4.38 4.07 maximum Meteorite minimum Bjurbole 4.12 3.46 3.96 3.98 1.62
Book
A Looking into "empty space" 1. Fall of a meteorite in a field 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12...22. 23. 24. 25. 26. Frontispiece falling meteorite I. 3. I 4 5 Meteoric stone, New Concord,... Ohio Small stones of Holbrook, Arizona, meteorite Meteoric stone, Allegan, Michigan Meteoric iron, Mazapil...of a portion of the moon's surface Fall of a meteorite at Montpreis, Styria Meteoric iron, Casas Grandes...20 21 22 2,4 26 27 28 . . . .... Iron meteorite, Owens Valley, California Polished slice of Cumberland
Report (issue)
Structural and compositional properties of iron meteorite groups ___________ The geochemical behavior of...ABBREVIATIONS The following abbreviations for the meteorite classes are used throughout the tables and elsewhere;...percent) ; all others (<0.01 percent). A list of meteorite minerals is provided, and a tabulation of elemental...(Mg,Fe,Ca)Si0 3 Diopside Ca(Mg,Fe)Si 2 0 6 Plagioclase (Na,Ca) (Al,Si)AlSi 2 0 8 (About 10 mole percent...Orthopyroxene, olivine, nickel-iron Pyroxene, plagioclase, nickel-iron Enstatite Hypersthene Olivine Olivine
Book
obtain a panorama of the scope and substance of meteorite research. I endeavored to remedy this situation...not exhaustively discussed—the great upsurge in meteorite research along many new lines in recent years...and conservation of meteoritic material. Every meteorite is to some degree unique; and meteorites, unlike...I not been favored bv the curatorship of the meteorite collection of The American Museum of Natural History...Chicago Natural History Museum, the Nininger Meteorite Collection (Arizona State University, Tempe),
Book
METEORITICS H . H . Nininger DIRECTOR , AMERICAN METEORITE MUSEUM The University of Denver Press Science...RELATIONS THE PLAINVIEW METEORITE SHOWER THE KIOWA COUNTY METEORITES METEORITE CRATERS A COMPOSITE SWARM...METEORITES AND THE MOON 280 TEKTITES 297 GREAT METEORITE COLLECTIONS 309 PROPOSED NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF...accumulation of materials and field data , the meteorite - minded layman will continue to play a most im...meteor or who shall plow up the long - buried meteorite . Instruc tion of the general public in the art
Report (issue)
Electron microprobe analyses (4) from Blithfield meteorite. ALABANDITE. Tornroos, Neues Jahrb. Mineral.,...Microprobe analysis (av.) from Adhi Krot meteorite from St. Sauveur meteorite (richterite) AMPHIBOLE. Rudashevskii...(1985). Microprobe analyses (3) from Shergotty meteorite (and Zagami). AMPHIBOLE. Tripathi and Goel (Proc...(1983). Microprobe analyses from Peach River meteorite, Alberta. APATITE. Ritter and Maerk, (Nucl. Instrum...370-371 (1981). New mineral, NaCrS2 , from Norton County achondrite. Analysis, X-ray data. CATAPLEIITE.
Report (issue)
Radioactivity in Lunar Rocks: Implications for Meteorite Infall, Solar-Wind Flux, and Formation Conditions...pyroxene, often highly zoned with iron-rich rims, plagioclase, iln,enite, olivine, and cristobalite. Three...is consistent with the observed occurrence of meteorite material in the soil. Many elements such as potassium...sample showing major minerals: (0) olivine, (P) plagioclase, (I) ilmenite, and (C) clinopyroxene. (Center)...leads used for correction are prin1eval lead of meteorite (7) for san1plcs 10061 and 10084 and common lead
Report (volume)
Geology California Div. Mines and Geology County Rept. Geology County Report. San Francisco, Calif. California...Interstate Oil Compact Commission Iowa Geol. Survey Rept. Inv. City, Iowa. Iowa Geological Survey Report of...Investigations. Iowa Iowa Univ. Studies Nat. History- The University of Iowa Studies in Natural History. Iowa City...City, Iowa. Isis- Isis. Official quarterly journal of the History of Science Society. Seattle, Wash. Italia...Conservation. Conservation Society of America. Ankeny, Iowa. Soil Jour. Soil Sci.- Journal of Soil Science
Book
Radioactivity in Lunar Rocks: Implications for Meteorite Infall, Solar-Wind Flux, and Formation Conditions...pyroxene, often highly zoned with iron-rich rims, plagioclase, ilmenite, olivine, and cristobalite. Three new...is consistent with the observed occurrence of meteorite material in the soil. Many elements such as potassium...sample showing major minerals: (O) olivine, (P) plagioclase, (1) ilmenite, and (C) clinopyroxene. (Center)...experimental error as the value obtained from meteorite lead. The apparent ages are shown in Table 2.
Book
Enterprises, PO Box 213, Livermore, California, 94551, USA. Because of space limitations, only a subset of the...Hidden Valley Road, Kingsport, Tennessee, 37663, USA. The authors appreciate the advice and kind assistance...City, Nevada, USA; Peter Embrey, London, England; Jessie Hardman, Long Beach, California, USA; and Barbara...Barbara Nichols, Livermore, California, USA. All of these colleagues made helpful comments and substantive...Enterprises PC Box 213 Livermore California 94551 USA Elemental Table “Element” Aluminum Amide Ammonium
Report (Issue volume)
Maxwell House, Fairview Park New York, N. Y. 10523 USA Teletype 137328 Pergamon Press, Ltd. Headington Hill...also occurs for ilmenite powder and for calcic plagioclase containing minor Fe2 +. There is no evidence...or glass. The other major minerals present, plagioclase and ilmenite, do not contribute any measurable...Curve D comes from a search for monopoles in a meteorite (PETUKHOV and YAKIMENKO, 1963). Curve E corresponds...and rock chips. The energy efficiency of the plagioclase fraction is approxin1ately 1 per cent. At - 196°C
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variety amethyst, sceptre habit, Denny Mountain, King County, Washington, U.S.A. / Photo by Ken Mayer Production...binomial plag, to be flat Gk. plagia, side plagioclase, plagiarism pur, fire Gk. pyr, fire pyrite...organic geochemistry. Green River Formation, Uinta County, Utah, U.S.A. Trudell, L.C. (1970): Lithologic...Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada. McDonald, AM. & Chao, G.Y. (1994):...Abernathy, operator of the Fumerole mine, Emery County, Utah, U.S.A., who found the first braunite. Mount
 
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