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Merrillite from
Dayton meteorite, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Merrillite
Formula:Ca9NaMg(PO4)7
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Merrillite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dayton meteorite, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:917743
Long-form Identifier:1:3:917743:7
GUID (UUID V4):bd8cc08a-88bd-4cd3-a088-aef572587102
Nearest other occurrences of Merrillite
22.6km (14.0 miles) Enon meteorite, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
panethite, twonew phosphate minerals fromthe Dayton meteorite* LOUISH. FUCHS ArgonneNational Laboratory...been found in phosphatesilicate nodules in the Dayton very fine o~tahedrite. Ch&o8l, optical and physical...formation. Unfortun&ely, the rather limited number of meteorite phosphates has contributed little to our knowledge...whitlockite, Ca,(PO,), and chlorapatite. The mineral merrillite, reported by SHANNONand LARSEN(1925), to have...the phosphide-phosphate association in the Dayton meteorite. OCCURRENCE The present study is a description
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Dept. of Commerce, Springfield, Virginia, 22151, USA. MORGAN 5. W. (1965) The simultaneous determination...two phosphate mineral phases: chlorapatite and merrillite. They considered merritlite to be a new mineral...that the original analyses of merrillite were in error and that merrillite and whitlockite are probably...mineral. Whether this mineral should be called “merrillite” or “whitlockite” is a question that is to be...similar to that reported for whitlockite from the Dayton fine octahedrito (Fucns et al. 1967). Unlike most
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...Magnetite Chromite Quartz Tridymite Chlorapatite Merrillite (Whitlockite) Olivine Orthopyroxene Clinopyroxene...weathering. In 1955, therefore, to specializein meteorite mineralogy might well have beenconsideredthe refugeol
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Silicate-Natrophosphate Immiscible Inclusion in Elga IIE Iron Meteorite † Victor V. Sharygin 1,2 1 2 † V.S. Sobolev...of silicate inclusions found in the Elga iron meteorite (group IIE) has a very specific mineral composition...marićite; Elga meteorite; IIE iron; Yakutia 1. Introduction The Elga iron meteorite (group IIE) is a...peculiarities of metal-silicate relations of in silicate meteorite parentalindicates bodies. the The peculiarities...peculiarities of metal-silicate relations in meteorite parental bodies. The exotic mineral composition exotic mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
second new mineral from the Morasko IAB-MG iron meteorite (Poland) ŁUKASZ KARWOWSKI1, RYSZARD KRYZA2†, ANDRZEJ...phosphate mineral found in the Morasko IAB-MG iron meteorite. This very rare mineral occurs in phosphate inclusions...matrix of the meteorite. Almost thirty mineral species have been reported from this meteorite (most from...phosphates (fluorapatite, buchwaldite, brianite, merrillite, moraskoite Na2Mg(PO4)F, chlorapatite? and whitlockite...Na4Ca3Mg(PO4)4, has been found in the Morasko iron meteorite (central-west Poland) and is the second new phosphate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Na2Mg(PO4)F, a new mineral from the Morasko IAB-MG iron meteorite (Poland) ŁUKASZ KARWOWSKI1, JOACHIM KUSZ2, ANDRZEJ...Na2Mg(PO4)F, has been found in the Morasko IAB-MG iron meteorite. The new phosphate occurs in a graphite-troilite...inclusions are chlorapatite, buchwaldite, brianite, merrillite, a new phosphate phase of composition Na4MgCa3(PO4)4...Na2Mg(PO4)F has been found in the Morasko iron meteorite (central-west Poland). More than a dozen phosphates...is unusual for a meteorite phase. The new mineral is named after the host meteorite and Morasko village
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Presented at the International Symposium on Meteorite Research, Vienna, August 7-13. International Atornio...pua~cthite, two new phosphate minerals from the Dayton meteorite. Geo&im. Cosmochim. Acts 31, 1711-1719. GOLES...779-800. SHANNON E. V. and LARSEN E. S. (1926) Merrillite and chlorapatite from stony meteorites. dmer
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METEORITE MINERALOGY Meteorites are fascinating cosmic visitors. Using accessible language, this book...book documents the history of mineralogy and meteorite research, summarizes the mineralogical characteristics...photographs of meteorite minerals, and with an accompanying online list of meteorite minerals, this book...book provides a useful resource for meteorite researchers, terrestrial mineralogists, cosmochemists,...students in these fields. a l a n e . r u b i n is a meteorite researcher who recently retired from the University
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asteroidal parent bodies Alex Ruzicka ∗ Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory, Portland State University, 17 Cramer...IIE groups are the main silicate-bearing iron meteorite groups. They show relatively little evidence for...insights about relationships between different meteorite groups. They may have something to tell us about...properties of silicate-bearing irons by group.a Group Meteorite name Metal chemical trend Bulk silicate, low-Ca...silicate (Ma) Cooling rate IABb ALH 77255, Caddo County, Campo del Cielo, Canyon Diablo, EET 83333, EET
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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),
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Meteoritical Society, 1997. Printed in USA. Mineralogy of meteorite groups ALANE. RUBIN Institute of Geophysics...California, Los Angeles, Californi.190095-1567, USA Author's e-mail address: rubin@cosmic.igpp.ucla.edu...shocked ordinary chondrites. Secondary minerals in meteorite finds that formed during terrestrial weathering...numbers of meteorites (including members of new meteorite groups; Table 1) from hot and cold deserts, the...variations 23 1 A. E. Rubin 232 TABLEI . Meteorite classification. Chondrites Carbonaceous chondrites
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University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, USA Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University...University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, USA c Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,...California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA b a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, USA. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2017.01.005 0009-2819/©...the IMACNMNC, including 17 from the Allende CV3 meteorite (Ma, 2015a) and high-pressure phases such as bridgmanite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Mechanical and Thermal Alteration of Iron Meteorite Structures H. J. AXON, Department of Metallurgy...rates require the parent meteorite bodies to be very much larger than known meteorite falls and it is necessary...in size. This nickel-iron, extracted from the meteorite and cleaned from adhering material, shows some...to their diameter. Polished sections of the meteorite show that 1. The clusters of nickel-iron grains...TishomingoOklahoma Meteorite R. D. BUCHHEIT and J. L. MC CALL, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio 43201;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Their parent body had impacted the enstatite meteorite parent object, highly-shocked fragments being...clast ,41; no phosphate was found in ,50. The merrillite is typical of that in many chondritic and achondritic...IB San Cristobal iron (BILD, 1974) and the IIICD Dayton iron (FUCHS et al., 1967), this brianitic phosphate...ALH A78 113-perhaps just because it is a larger meteorite or because of sampling, either by us or by the...o based on replicate analyses of the Dhajala meteorite. tFul1 width of the peak at half its maximum intensity
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA s u MMARY. Pertinent general properties of the planets...' In spite of numerous historical records of meteorite falls, a century of scientific scepticism about...in meteorites. White inclusions of the Allende meteorite carry the melilite, spinel, diopside, and perovskite...with 27A1/24Mg in anorthite from the Allende meteorite (Lee et al., I977a , b); Hutcheon et al., I977;...carbonaceous chondrites; however, mixtures of several meteorite types are more plausible than just a single type
Book
METEORITE RESEARCH ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE LIBRARY A SERIES OF BOOKS ON THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS... Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Mass., USA C. DE JAGER, G. H. LUDWIG, University of Utrecht...NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., USA R. LUST, Institut fiir Extraterrestrische Physik...L. I. SEDOV, NEWELL, NASA, Washington, D.C., USA Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, USSR Secretary...Holland VOLUME 12 METEORITE RESEARCH PROCEEDINGS OF A SYMPOSIUM ON METEORITE RESEARCH HELD IN VIENNA
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NAIROBI DAR ES SALAAM CAPE TOWN Published in the USA by Oxford University Press, New York 2 Filmset...[2Mn0.Si02]. Named from the locality, Alleghany County, North Carolina. [M.A., 5, 50.] 13th List [Wales;...Name for ‘a type of ore, discovered in Yavapai county ... on a claim known at the time as the Sumner’...2(Al,Fe"')203.12H20], from Attapulgus, Georgia, USA. P. F. Kerr {Amer. Min., 1937, vol. 22, p. 534) identifies...of schreibersite and troilite in the Ollague meteorite. [A.M., 55, 317; M.A., 701647.] 26th List Barringtonite
Book (edition)
Hughes: Dept. of Geology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. W. Barclay Kamb: Division of Geol. and Planetary...New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Isand...140-150. R = 81.1 (549 nm). Occurs in the Boxian meteorite that fellin Boxian Co., Anhui Prov., China, on...W. Cohen (1842-1905), German mineralogist and meteorite researcher. Synonym: Cementite is FegC in steel...55:317(1970 De 4.1.21.2 Schreibersite (Fe,Ni)3P meteorite Named in 1847 for Karl von Schreibers (1775-1852)
 
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