Locality type: | Meteorite Fall Location |
Origin locality: | Mars |
Classification |
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Species: | 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' (not an IMA approved species) |
Comments: | Olivine ranges from Mg-rich core (max Mg#81) to Fe-rich rims (min Mg#27)[Balta et al., 2015] |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fayalite-Forsterite Series data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Tissint Martian meteorite, Tata Cercle, Tata Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 799109 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:799109:7 |
GUID (UUID V4): | d7102c45-b2f4-4c70-b1ab-3f3b1fe505cc |
Nearest other occurrences of Fayalite-Forsterite Series |
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80.5km (50.0 miles) | ⓘIzarzar meteorite, Assaki Caïdat, Taliouine Cercle, Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco |
82.4km (51.2 miles) | ⓘBensour meteorite, Foum Zguid, Tata Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco |
95.3km (59.2 miles) | ⓘKheneg Ljouâd, Ait Ouabelli Caïdat, Akka Cercle, Tata Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco |
References |
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Ma, C., Tschauner, O., Liu, Y., Beckett, J. R., Rossman, G. R., Zuravlev, K., ... & Taylor, L. A. (2014, March). Discovery of Ahrensite gamma-Fe2SiO4 and Tissintite (Ca, Na, &square Miyahara, M., Ohtani, E., El Goresy, A., Ozawa, S., & Gillet, P. (2016). Phase transition processes of olivine in the shocked Martian meteorite Tissint: Clues to origin of ringwoodite-, bridgmanite-and magnesiowüstite-bearing assemblages. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 259, 18-28. |