Fayetteville meteorite, Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Fayetteville meteorite | Meteorite Fall Location |
| Fayetteville | - not defined - |
| Washington County | County |
| Arkansas | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° 2' 59'' North , 94° 10' 0'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Fayetteville | 82,830 (2017) | 1.6km |
| Greenland | 1,388 (2017) | 6.2km |
| Farmington | 6,701 (2017) | 7.3km |
| Johnson | 3,634 (2017) | 9.2km |
| Black Oak | 290 (2017) | 10.8km |
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Northwest Arkansas Gem & Mineral Society | Siloam Springs, Arkansas | 37km |
Ordinary chondrite (H4)
Fell, 26 December 1934; 2.358 kg, 2 stones
At midday a 2.25 kg stone was dug out by two woodcutters immediately after its fall from a small 25-30 cm wide, 7-8 cm deep hole. Six days later an additional, much smaller stone was recovered ~5 km away from the first site. A southwestwardly moving bolide had been seen from as far way as 300 km. The bolide was followed by a trail of smoke and several detonations were heard, but no other fragments of the meteorite were found. The main mass, a roughly oblong stone, was largely covered with a 0.5 mm thick fusion crust. Sectioning reveals prominent white clasts within a very dark matrix. The total iron (25.5 wt%) and olivine composition (Fa19) are characteristic of the H group of ordinary chondrites. Silicate-rich chondrules are present as well as a complicated matrix and a somewhat complex mix of opaques. The solar gases found in this brecciated and sometimes highly shocked meteorite have been a prime focus of a number of reports. In a recent development, small amounts of perchlorates have also been reported.
A complex cosmic ray exposure (CRE) age due to (1) burial within a moderately large meteoroid 25-40 Ma ago, subsequently followed by (2) a ~ 4 Ma long journey as a much smaller meteoroid before earth impact has been proposed.
Fayetteville is one of the smaller of 51 witnessed falls listed exactly as an H4 with The Meteoritical Bulletin Database (early 2016). Thirty three H4 falls have larger recovered masses including the most massive, Ochansk, Russia fall of 1887 (500 kg) and the historically important Weston, USA fall of 1807 (150 kg). The H geochemical group of ordinary chondrites (ordinary chondrites relatively low in total Iron) account for a little more than 30% of all meteorite falls.
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9 valid minerals.
Meteorite/Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| β Chromite Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4 Reference: Ramdohr, P. (1973) The Opaque Minerals in Stony Meteorites. Elsevier Publishing Company: Amsterdam; London: New York. 245 pp.; Jordan, J., Barrett, R. A., Bogard, D. D., & McKay, D. S. (1987) Rare Gas and Petrological Studies of Disaggregated Size Separates of the Fayetteville Meteorite Breccia: Abstracts of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 18: 472-473. |
| β Copper Formula: Cu Reference: Ramdohr, P. (1973) The Opaque Minerals in Stony Meteorites. Elsevier Publishing Company: Amsterdam; London: New York. 245 pp. |
| β 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' Description: Olivine composition (Fa19) according to Mason (1963) with similar results elsewhere. Reference: Mason, B. (1963) Olivine in ordinary chondrites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 27(9): 1011-1023. (Sept 1963).; Wagner, J. K., Cohen, A. J., Hapke, B. W., & Partlow, W. D. (1979) Vacuum ultraviolet reflectance spectra of group H chondrites:In: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference X, Proceedings, Vol 2: pp. 1797-1818. New York: Pergamon Press, Inc. (March 1979). |
| β 'Glass' Reference: Jordan, J., Barrett, R. A., Bogard, D. D., & McKay, D. S. (1987) Rare Gas and Petrological Studies of Disaggregated Size Separates of the Fayetteville Meteorite Breccia: Abstracts of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 18: 472-473. |
| β Ilmenite Formula: Fe2+TiO3 Reference: Ramdohr, P. (1973) The Opaque Minerals in Stony Meteorites. Elsevier Publishing Company: Amsterdam; London: New York. 245 pp. |
| β Iron Formula: Fe Reference: Ramdohr, P. (1973) The Opaque Minerals in Stony Meteorites. Elsevier Publishing Company: Amsterdam; London: New York. 245 pp.; Scott, E.R.D. & Rajan, R.S. (1981) Metallic minerals, thermal histories and parent bodies of some xenolithic, ordinary chondrites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 45: 53-67. |
| β Iron var. Kamacite Formula: (Fe,Ni) Reference: Ramdohr, P. (1973) The Opaque Minerals in Stony Meteorites. Elsevier Publishing Company: Amsterdam; London: New York. 245 pp.; Scott, E.R.D. & Rajan, R.S. (1981) Metallic minerals, thermal histories and parent bodies of some xenolithic, ordinary chondrites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 45: 53-67. |
| β Isocubanite Formula: CuFe2S3 Reference: Ramdohr, P. (1973) The Opaque Minerals in Stony Meteorites. Elsevier Publishing Company: Amsterdam; London: New York. 245 pp. |
| β Merrillite Formula: Ca9NaMg(PO4)7 Description: Reading "merrillite" (preferred for extraterrestrial objects) for "whitlockite" (terrestrial). Reference: Kothari, B. K. & Rajan, R. S. (1980) Fission tracks in Fayetteville and Weston phosphates: Metamorphic or brecciation ages? LPI Contribution 412 (Criswell, P. ed.) Lunar and Planetary Institute: Houston, TX. |
| β 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup' Reference: Wagner, J. K., Cohen, A. J., Hapke, B. W., & Partlow, W. D. (1979) Vacuum ultraviolet reflectance spectra of group H chondrites:In: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference X, Proceedings, Vol 2: pp. 1797-1818. New York: Pergamon Press, Inc. (March 1979). |
| β 'Plagioclase' Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 Description: Plagioclase found in a number of chondrules. Reference: Jordan, J., Barrett, R. A., Bogard, D. D., & McKay, D. S. (1987) Rare Gas and Petrological Studies of Disaggregated Size Separates of the Fayetteville Meteorite Breccia: Abstracts of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 18: 472-473. |
| β 'Plessite' Description: Plessite kamacite-taenite intergrowths presumably due to quick cooling (post-impact??). Reference: Scott, E.R.D. & Rajan, R.S. (1981) Metallic minerals, thermal histories and parent bodies of some xenolithic, ordinary chondrites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 45: 53-67. |
| β 'Pyroxene Group' Formula: ADSi2O6 Description: Classification as an 'Olivine-bronzite' chondrites tells us that either orthopyroxene or low-Ca clinopyroxene are present. Reference: Graham, A. L., Bevan, A. W. R. & Hutchison, B. (1985) Catalogue of Meteorites (4/e). University of Arizona Press: Tucson. |
| β Taenite Formula: (Fe,Ni) Reference: Ramdohr, P. (1973) The Opaque Minerals in Stony Meteorites. Elsevier Publishing Company: Amsterdam; London: New York. 245 pp.; Scott, E.R.D. & Rajan, R.S. (1981) Metallic minerals, thermal histories and parent bodies of some xenolithic, ordinary chondrites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 45: 53-67. |
| β Tetrataenite Formula: FeNi Reference: Scott, E.R.D. & Rajan, R.S. (1981) Metallic minerals, thermal histories and parent bodies of some xenolithic, ordinary chondrites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 45: 53-67. |
| β Troilite Formula: FeS Reference: Ramdohr, P. (1973) The Opaque Minerals in Stony Meteorites. Elsevier Publishing Company: Amsterdam; London: New York. 245 pp.; Scott, E.R.D. & Rajan, R.S. (1981) Metallic minerals, thermal histories and parent bodies of some xenolithic, ordinary chondrites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 45: 53-67. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Copper | 1.AA.05 | Cu |
| β | Iron | 1.AE.05 | Fe |
| β | var. Kamacite | 1.AE.05 | (Fe,Ni) |
| β | Taenite | 1.AE.10 | (Fe,Ni) |
| β | Tetrataenite | 1.AE.10 | FeNi |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| β | Isocubanite | 2.CB.55b | CuFe2S3 |
| β | Troilite | 2.CC.10 | FeS |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| β | Chromite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Cr3+2O4 |
| β | Ilmenite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2+TiO3 |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| β | Merrillite | 8.AC.45 | Ca9NaMg(PO4)7 |
| Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
| β | 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' | - | |
| β | 'Glass' | - | |
| β | 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup' | - | |
| β | 'Plagioclase' | - | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| β | 'Plessite' | - | |
| β | 'Pyroxene Group' | - | ADSi2O6 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | β Pyroxene Group | ADSi2O6 |
| O | β Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
| O | β Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| O | β Merrillite | Ca9NaMg(PO4)7 |
| O | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | β Merrillite | Ca9NaMg(PO4)7 |
| Na | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | β Merrillite | Ca9NaMg(PO4)7 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | β Pyroxene Group | ADSi2O6 |
| Si | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | β Merrillite | Ca9NaMg(PO4)7 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | β Isocubanite | CuFe2S3 |
| S | β Troilite | FeS |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | β Merrillite | Ca9NaMg(PO4)7 |
| Ca | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Ti | Titanium | |
| Ti | β Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| Cr | Chromium | |
| Cr | β Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | β Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
| Fe | β Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| Fe | β Isocubanite | CuFe2S3 |
| Fe | β Iron var. Kamacite | (Fe,Ni) |
| Fe | β Taenite | (Fe,Ni) |
| Fe | β Troilite | FeS |
| Fe | β Tetrataenite | FeNi |
| Fe | β Iron | Fe |
| Ni | Nickel | |
| Ni | β Iron var. Kamacite | (Fe,Ni) |
| Ni | β Taenite | (Fe,Ni) |
| Ni | β Tetrataenite | FeNi |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | β Copper | Cu |
| Cu | β Isocubanite | CuFe2S3 |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Richardson, D.P. (1935) The Fayetteville, Arkansas, Meteorite: Popular Astronomy 43: 384-385.
Mason, B. (1963) Olivine in ordinary chondrites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 27(9): 1011-1023. (Sept 1963).
Ramdohr, P. (1973) The Opaque Minerals in Stony Meteorites. Elsevier Publishing Company: Amsterdam; London: New York. 245 pp.
Wagner, J.K., Cohen, A.J., Hapke, B.W., & Partlow, W.D. (1979) Vacuum ultraviolet reflectance spectra of group H chondrites:In: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference X, Proceedings, Vol 2: pp. 1797-1818. New York: Pergamon Press, Inc. (March 1979).
Kothari, B.K. & Rajan, R.S. (1980) Fission tracks in Fayetteville and Weston phosphates: Metamorphic or brecciation ages? LPI Contribution 412 (Criswell, P. ed.) Lunar and Planetary Institute: Houston, TX.
Scott, E.R.D. & Rajan, R.S. (1981) Metallic minerals, thermal histories and parent bodies of some xenolithic, ordinary chondrites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 45: 53-67.
Graham, A.L., Bevan, A.W.R. & Hutchison,B. (1985) Catalogue of Meteorites (4/e). University of Arizona Press: Tucson.
Jordan, J., Barrett, R.A., Bogard, D.D., & McKay, D.S. (1987) Rare Gas and Petrological Studies of Disaggregated Size Separates of the Fayetteville Meteorite Breccia: Abstracts of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 18: 472-473.
Nishiizumi, K., Arnold, J.R., & Sharma, P. (1993) Two-Stage Exposure of the Fayetteville Meteorite Based on 129I. meteoritics 28(3): 412-413.
Grady, M.M. (2000). Catalogue of Meteorites (5/e). Cambridge University Press: Cambridge; New York; Oakleigh; Madrid; Cape Town. 689 pp.
Jackson,Β W.A. & 7 others (2015) Widespread occurrence of (per)chlorate in the Solar System: Earth and Planetary Science Letters 430: 470-476. (Nov 2015).
External Links
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php - MeteoriticalBulletinDatabase
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=10079 -Fayetteville@MetBullDatabase
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/get_original_photo.php?recno=5629652 -photo of Fayetteville main mass
http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1987LPI....18..472J -petrography & rare gases in Fayetteville
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=10079 -Fayetteville@MetBullDatabase
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/get_original_photo.php?recno=5629652 -photo of Fayetteville main mass
http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1987LPI....18..472J -petrography & rare gases in Fayetteville
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