Fermo meteorite, Fermo, Fermo Province, Marche, Italyi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Fermo meteorite | Meteorite Fall Location |
| Fermo | Commune |
| Fermo Province | Province |
| Marche | Region |
| Italy | - not defined - |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
43° 10' 52'' North , 13° 45' 12'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Capodarco | 1,304 (2016) | 1.1km |
| Fermo | 18,109 (2017) | 3.2km |
| San Marco | 559 (2014) | 3.3km |
| Porto San Giorgio | 15,558 (2014) | 3.3km |
| Lido di Fermo | 3,352 (2014) | 3.7km |
Mindat Locality ID:
187959
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:187959:2
GUID (UUID V4):
7650146f-7773-496b-997e-7265f1809975
Name(s) in local language(s):
Meteorite di Fermo, Fermo, Provincia di Fermo, Marche, Italia
Fermo
Marche, Italy
Fell 1996 September 25, ~15:30 UT
Ordinary chondrite (H3-5)
A farmer, Mr. Luigi Benedetti, heard an explosion followed a few seconds afterwards by a crash on September 25. Two days later, Mr. Giuseppe Santarelli recovered a 10.2 kg stone from the place described by Benedetti, located close to a field, 3-4 km north-east of the town of Fermo and a few kilometers from the Adriatic coast.
Classification and mineralogy (A. M. Fioretti and G. Molin, CNR; see Molin et al., 1997): a breccia of millimeter to centimeter-sized light and dark clasts in a gray matrix; one type 3 clast contains glass and has range of olivine, Fa2β27, and pyroxene, Fs2β22; an equilibrated clast has olivine, Fa18.2; matrix olivine uniform at Fa17.4. All specimens, PMVV.
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4 valid minerals.
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| β 'Apatite' Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| β Chromite Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4 |
| β 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' |
| β Iron Formula: Fe |
| β Iron var. Kamacite Formula: (Fe,Ni) |
| β 'Plagioclase' Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| β 'Pyroxene Group' Formula: ADSi2O6 |
| β Taenite Formula: (Fe,Ni) |
| β Troilite Formula: FeS |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Iron | 1.AE.05 | Fe |
| β | var. Kamacite | 1.AE.05 | (Fe,Ni) |
| β | Taenite | 1.AE.10 | (Fe,Ni) |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| β | Troilite | 2.CC.10 | FeS |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| β | Chromite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Cr3+2O4 |
| Unclassified | |||
| β | 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' | - | |
| β | 'Plagioclase' | - | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| β | 'Pyroxene Group' | - | ADSi2O6 |
| β | 'Apatite' | - | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | β Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
| O | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| O | β Pyroxene Group | ADSi2O6 |
| O | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Si | β Pyroxene Group | ADSi2O6 |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | β Troilite | FeS |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | β Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Ca | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| Cr | Chromium | |
| Cr | β Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | β Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
| Fe | β Iron | Fe |
| Fe | β Iron var. Kamacite | (Fe,Ni) |
| Fe | β Taenite | (Fe,Ni) |
| Fe | β Troilite | FeS |
| Ni | Nickel | |
| Ni | β Iron var. Kamacite | (Fe,Ni) |
| Ni | β Taenite | (Fe,Ni) |
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