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Majorite from
Tissint Martian meteorite, Tata Cercle, Tata Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Origin locality:Mars
Classification
Species:Majorite
Formula:Mg3(MgSi)(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Majorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tissint Martian meteorite, Tata Cercle, Tata Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:981225
Long-form Identifier:1:3:981225:3
GUID (UUID V4):8e366b9a-b1b8-466f-9131-9d6138bcabe3
References
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shock-metamorphic mineral from the Tissint meteorite: Implications for the Tissint shock event on Mars Chi Ma...ringwoodite (c-Mg2SiO4). It occurs in the Tissint Martian meteorite, where it forms through the transformation...sequence of phase assemblages traversing across a Tissint melt pocket into olivine is: quenched melt or fayalite-pigeonite...metamorphism; Nanomineral; Ringwoodite group; Tissint meteorite; Martian shergottite; Synchrotron diffraction ...a casual perusal of the surficial geology. All Martian meteorites, previously launched from the surface
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Mineralogist, Volume 102, pages 1279–1286, 2017 Majorite-olivine–high-Ca pyroxene assemblage in the shock-melt...980-8578, Japan 1 Abstract High-pressure minerals—majorite-pyrope garnet and jadeite—were found in the Pervomaisky...Pervomaisky L6 ordinary chondrite. Majorite-pyrope (79 mol% majorite) was observed within the fine-grained...crystallized from the melt in the SMV matrix of meteorite. P-T conditions of the formation of the SMV matrix...1750–2150 °C, the lowest parameters among all known majorite-bearing (H,L)-chondrites. The estimated conditions
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916(1) Z=4 X-Ray Diffraction Pattern: Suizhou meteorite. 2.675 (100), 1.953 (90), 1.566 (60), 1.337 (40)...0.55 2.71 57.46 6.07 0.92 99.53 (1) Suizhou meteorite; average electron microprobe analysis supplemented...Occurrence: In a shock vein in a L6 chondrite meteorite, formed by solid-state transformation of chromite...temperature (Suizhou). Association: Ringwoodite, majorite, lingunite, tuite, olivine, pyroxene, chromite...ulvöspinel (Tissint). Distribution: In the Suizhou meteorite [TL]. In the Tissint martian meteorite. Name:
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Accepted Manuscript Effects of Shock and Martian Alteration on Tissint Hydrogen Isotope Ratios and Water Content...L., Lee, M.R., Effects of Shock and Martian Alteration on Tissint Hydrogen Isotope Ratios and Water Content...journal pertain. Effects of Shock and Martian Alteration on Tissint Hydrogen Isotope Ratios and Water Content... ABSTRACT The Tissint meteorite, a picritic shergottite, fell to Earth in Morocco on the 18th of July...July 2011, and is only the fifth Martian meteorite witnessed to fall. Hydrogen isotope ratios and water
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composition of the Martian mantle inferred from the newest Martian meteorite fall, Tissint P. MANE1,2,*, R... Tempe, Arizona 85287–6004, USA 2 Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona...hydrogen isotopic compositions of mineral phases in Martian meteorites, which are currently the only samples...studies have shown that dD values in minerals in the Martian meteorites span a large range of 250 to +6000&...highest hydrogen isotope ratios likely represent a Martian atmospheric component: either interaction with
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Heterogeneous mineral assemblages in Martian meteorite Tissint as a result of a recent small impact event...Heterogeneous mineral assemblages in Martian meteorite Tissint as a result of a recent small impact event... Heterogeneous mineral assemblages in Martian meteorite Tissint as a result of a recent small impact event...within and adjacent to shock melts in shergottite Tissint are characterized - the distribution of high pressure...thermal history of the sample - Shock effects in Tissint are consistent with their formation in a recent
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lunar, howardite–eucrite–diogenite (HED), and Martian meteorites. Their occurrence suggests two types...minerals provide clues about the impact events of meteorite parent bodies, including their size and mutual...in Arizona, which was the product of an iron meteorite INTRODUCTION The Earth’s crust and upper mantle...ion milling and ultramicrotomy. In the case of meteorite samples, the target particles for TEM observations...sized. In addition, valuable specimens, such as Martian and lunar meteorites, require special instrumentation
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1111/maps.13120 Shock veins and brown olivine in Martian meteorites: Implications for their shock pressure–temperature...accepted 26 April 2018) Abstract–Shergottite Martian meteorites are known to contain brown-colored olivine...in meteorites, olivine darkening is reported in Martian meteorites and the darkened olivine is called “Brown...Moortele et al. 2007a). They are found exclusively in Martian meteorites and are considered to form during a...Meteoritical Society, 2018. 2 A. Takenouchi et al. Martian meteorites, in particular shergottites, underwent
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com/locate/gca Shock conditions recorded in NWA 8159 martian augite basalt with implications for the impact...November 2018 Abstract NWA 8159 is an augite-rich martian basalt, formed by cooling of a relatively evolved...high fO2, NWA 8159 is also set apart from most martian shergottites with respect to the low degree of...better constrain the unusal shock history of this meteorite. The transformation of olivine to ahrensite (Fe-ringwoodite)...of previous shock pressure estimates for this meteorite (15–23 GPa). The presence of a majoritic garnet-bearing
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shock-induced, high-pressure clinopyroxene in the Tissint martian meteorite Chi Ma a,∗ , Oliver Tschauner b , John...(CaNa)AlSi2 O6 new high-pressure pyroxene Ca-Eskola Tissint martian shergottite synchrotron diffraction a b s...in contact with, shock-melt pockets in the Tissint meteorite, a depleted olivine-phyric shergottite fall...occur in depleted olivinephyric shergottites like Tissint and other highly shocked meteorites and lunar and...becomes stable, although this was not observed in Tissint. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 1.
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assessments of the melt matrices concluded that majorite and akimotoite were the major phases. Our contrasting...the Earth’s transition zone and lower mantle (majorite, wadsleyite, ringwoodite, bridgmanite) were all...to majorite, which was recently found as rare fragments in the shock vein of the Tenham meteorite (due...offler et al. 1991, 2018). The 160 kg Tenham (L6) meteorite fell near Tenham station in western Queensland...the ~70 kg Suizhou (L6) meteorite fell near the city of Suizhou in Hubei province, China, on April 15, 1986
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Journal Pre-proofs Discovery of coesite from the martian shergottite Northwest Africa 8657 Sen Hu, Yang..., Changela, H., Discovery of coesite from the martian shergottite Northwest Africa 8657, Geochimica et...Elsevier Ltd. 1 Discovery of coesite from the martian shergottite Northwest 2 Africa 8657 3 Sen Hu1...21 We report occurrences of coesite in a martian meteorite, expending previously- 22 reported silica...melts in this 34 meteorite cooled slower than those in other stishovite-bearing martian meteorites, but
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to ringwoodite and wadsleyite, orthopyroxene to majorite, akimotoite, and bridgmanite glass, maskelynite...of the impact melt. Keywords: meteorite, chondrite, ringwoodite, majorite, akimotoite, bridgmanite, shock...ringwoodite and wadsleyite, orthopyroxene, to majorite, akimotoite, and bridgmanite (or glass of bridgmanite...high-pressure minerals were found in the Lunar and Martian meteorites (Fritz and Greshake, 2009; Baziotis...Northwest Africa 5011 (NWA 5011) chondrite group meteorite, which is characterized by the abundant microaggregates
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Evidence from olivine-hosted melt inclusions in Tissint A. BASU SARBADHIKARI1,*, E. V. S. S. K. BABU2,...accepted 23 September 2016) Abstract–Melting of Martian mantle, formation, and evolution of primary magma...experimental petrology and geochemical studies of Martian meteorites. Based on in situ major and trace element...inclusions in various stages of crystallization of Tissint, a depleted olivine–phyric shergottite, we further...parallel trend but somewhat lower value than the Tissint wholerock. Model calculations indicate two-stage
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(2018) doi: 10.1111/maps.13177 Signatures of the Martian regolith components entrained in some impact-melt...Abstract–Martian regolith components are found in some impact melts (IM) containing Martian atmospheric...the shergottites Elephant Moraine (EET) 79001, Tissint, Zagami, and Shergotty. Excess sulfur abundances...79001,507 (here #507) are comparable to those in Martian soils. Correlations of SO3 with FeO in #507 from...to igneous sulfides. Fe/S (atomic) ratios in a Tissint glass range from ~0.5 (pyrite) to >1.1 suggesting
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com/locate/epsl Shear-induced ringwoodite formation in the Martian shergottite Dar al Gani 670 Ansgar Greshake a,n...28 June 2013 Shock-produced melt veins in the Martian shergottite Dar al Gani 670 crosscut large olivine...olivine. Natural high-pressure phases in Martian meteorite allow to constrain phase transitions taking...Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Martian meteorites Dar al Gani 670 high-pressure phases...06.002 chondrites, and also in some lunar and Martian meteorites (e.g., Beck et al., 2004; Sharp and
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Keywords: Jadeite, Ordinary chondrite, Shocked meteorite, Crystallization, Solid–state transformation ...Podgornykh, 2017) drastically increased the number of meteorite types containing high–pressure polymorphs since...shows the classification tree of meteorites. The meteorite groups containing high– pressure polymorphs are... Ohtani, S. Ozawa and M. Miyahara Figure 1. Meteorite classification tree. That presented by Weisberg...this figure. Meteorite types including high– pressure polymorphs are shadowed. Meteorite types including
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shock melt vein in the Villalbeto de la Pe~ na meteorite: Insights into the shock behavior of diopside...transformed into ringwoodite, low-Ca majorite, high-Ca majorite, and an assemblage of jadeite-lingunite...shock-induced melting, and the occurrence of natural Ca-majorite formed by solid-state transformation from diopside...a melt and also occurs interstitially between majorite-pyrope grains in the melt-vein matrix. In addition...addition, we have observed compositional zoning in majorite-pyrope grains in the matrix of the shock-melt
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2017). In 2008, Dera et al. discovered that the meteorite mineral allabogdanite, Fe2P, is the result of...transforms the rock-forming minerals ringwoodite and majorite into periclase and bridgmanite (Fig. 2, Ringwood...inclusions in diamond that imply a lower mantle source region is not always unambiguous. Brucite Brucite was...Recently stishovite was reported from a lunar meteorite (Kaneko et al. 2015). Presence of stishovite in...mineral that was found in the Shergotty and Zagami martian meteorites (Dera et al. 2002; El Goresy et al.
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pressure and temperature increase imposed on the meteorite are essential (1) to interpret isotopic measurements...significantly shorter. Examples for this case are the Martian and lunar meteorites shocked during their impact...with a broad pressure plateau is restricted to the region inside the isobaric core. Outside the isobaric...within the isobaric core or if it needs to be from a region outside the isobaric core. 70 [2] 60 50 40 ...pressures inside the isobaric core show that neither Martian nor terrestrial shock metamorphosed rocks were
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com/locate/epsl Magnesium isotope systematics in Martian meteorites Tomáš Magna a,b,∗ , Yan Hu c , Fang-Zhen...isotope compositions are reported for a suite of Martian meteorites that span the range of petrological...materials (NWA 7034, black glass fraction of the Tissint shergottite fall; δ 26 Mg > −0.17h) indicate measurable...between the Martian mantle and crust but the true extent of Mg isotope fractionation for Martian surface...materials back into the Martian mantle. The cumulative δ 26 Mg value of Martian samples, which are not
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circle in Fig. 1a. In the XRF map, it covers the region between −1765 and −1720 μm (Height) and X = −460... and are presented in Table 2. The phases are majorite-rich garnet, ilmenite, sodic TAP, and liebermannite...transmission spectrum (black) of diamond ONZiZ-74 over the region of nitrogen-related defect bands. Red: Fitted spectrum...diamond inclusions. The mineralogy of our inclusion, majorite-rich garnet, sodic TAP, ilmenite, and liebermannite...these studies, we now show that the HIMU source region is located at the upper limit of the transition
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minerals Review Lunar and Martian Silica Masahiro Kayama 1,2, * 1 2 3 4 5 6 * ID , Hiroshi Nagaoka...moganite, and opal, have been found in lunar and/or martian rocks by macro-microanalyses of the samples and...variable depending on the occurrence of the lunar and martian rocks. In other words, types of silica polymorphs...of lunar and martian silica from the viewpoints of its discovery from lunar and martian materials, the...“micro-mineralogy”. Keywords: silica; moon; Mars; lunar and martian meteorites; Apollo samples; remote-sensing observation;
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observed in some lunar meteorites [29,30] and many Martian meteorites (for Rw in the shergottite, see Boonsue...ExoMars analytical laboratory and deployed on the Martian surface to investigate the mineralogical and biological...[108–112], LL ordinary chondrites [14,26], and Martian meteorites like the shergottites [32,34,37]. If...spectroscopy of Fe-Ti-Cr-oxides, case study: Martian meteorite EETA 79001. Am. Mineral. 2004, 89, 665–680...Treiman, A.H. Unique spinel-rich lithology in lunar meteorite ALHA81005: Origin and possible connection to M3
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00 2.9.13. Martian meteorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00 2.10.28. Martian meteorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00 2.12.10. Martian meteorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00 2.14.9. Martian meteorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....the HED parent asteroid (probably Vesta); and martian and lunar meteorites formed as igneous rocks on
 
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