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Maskelynite

Name:For Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story-Maskelyne (1823-1911); Keeper of Mineralogy at the British Museum (1857-1880) and Professor of Mineralogy at Oxford University (1856-1895)


A type of naturally occurring glass having the composition of a plagioclase series feldspar, created by the vitrification of plagioclase by shock melting in meteorites and meteorite impacts.

Originally described from the Shergotty Martian meteorite, Gaya District, Bihar, India.

Classification of Maskelynite

IMA status:Not Approved
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Other Names for Maskelynite

Synonyms:
MascelyniteMaskeleynite
Other Languages:
German:Mascelynit
Maskelynit
Spanish:Mascelynita
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    Localities for Maskelynite

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    Algeria
     
    • Lakhbi
    		www.meteoriticalsociety.org/bulletin/mb88.pdf.
    www.meteoriticalsociety.org/bulletin/mb89preview.pdf.
    Antarctica
     
    • Grove Mountains
    		Meyer, C. (2001) Mars Meteorite Compendium: XXIV-1-2.
    Brazil
     
    • Northeast Region
      • Bahia
        • Rio do Pires
    China
     
    • Hubei Province
      • Suizhou Prefecture
        • Zengdu District
          • Dayanpo
    		[AmMin 85:1564]
    Germany
     
    • North Rhine-Westphalia
      • Münsterland
        • Velen
    		http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/cgi-bin/earth/metcat/detail.dsml?Key=R160&index=
    India
     
    • Bihar
      • Gaya District
    		[Hey p438]
    Libya
     
    • Dar al Gani
    		Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 67, No. 18, pp. 3519–3536, 2003
    • Jabal Al Gharb
    Morocco
     
    Meteoritical Bulletin 86: July, 2002
    www2.jpl.nasa.gov/snc/news51.html
    T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU
    New Zealand
     
    • North Island
      • Wairarapa
    		Mineralogical Magazine 1962 33 : 73-85.
    Nigeria
     
    • Katsina State
    Oman
     
    • Dhofar (Al Janubiyah) Province
    D.D. Badjukov et al. , Lunar and Planetary Science, XXXVI (2005), 1684.pdf
    • Sayh al Uhaymir
    		Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 5, 11492, 2003
    Poland
     
    • Mazowieckie
      • Pultusk
    		www.geo.uw.edu.pl/MUZEUM/METEORITE/pultusk_a.htm.
    Russia
     
    • Siberia
    		Lapis 29(9):12 (2004)
    USA
     
    • Illinois
      • Cook Co.
        • Park Forest
    		Meteoritical Bulletin 87:July, 2003
    • New Mexico
      • De Baca Co.
    		http://www.museum.hu-berlin.de/min/forsch/Schockklassifikation%20Stoeffler/Final%20Version/subdir/effectsa.htm
    • Oklahoma
      • Beaver Co.
    		Zhidong Xie et al. , Lunar and Planetary Science XXXI, 2065.pdf
      • Grant Co.
    		Meteoritical Bulletin, 81: July, 1997
      • Major Co.
    • Texas
      • Randall Co.
    		Zhidong Xie et al. , Lunar and Planetary Science XXXI, 2065.pdf
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