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Enstatite from
Parsa meteorite, Muzaffarpur District, Bihar, India


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Enstatite
Formula:Mg2Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Enstatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Parsa meteorite, Muzaffarpur District, Bihar, India
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:882592
Long-form Identifier:1:3:882592:6
GUID (UUID V4):cea4f726-4f5b-4e8f-8c09-581c91afb035
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THE PARSA ENSTATITE CHONDRITE N. Bhandari and V.B. Shah Physical Research Laboratory Ahmedabad 380009...380009, India John T. Wasson University of California Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA Two meteoritic stones weighing...14 April 1942 near Parsa, Bihar, India. The meteorite is a high-Fe (EH) enstatite chondrite on the basis...Si content of its metal (25-30 msts). and its enstatite composition MgO.97SCaO.oo.,F'eO.Ol& The high contents...suggest that Parsa is petrologic type 4. A unique feature is an irregular nodule of coarse enstatite, several
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DISCOVERY OF THE ADELA/DE, AUSTRALIA, STONY METEORITE ADELAIDE Name: Place of find: Not known. Recognized...for several years prior to its recognition as a meteorite. No record of its origin has been found. Source:...Adelaide meteorite. Meteoritics 13, 121-140. FALL OF THEA/OUN EL ATROUSS, MAURITANIA, STONY METEORITE Name:...OF THE ALLAN H/LLS A 76001, ANTARCfICA, STONY METEORITE Name: ALLAN HILLS A 76001 Place of find: West...OF THE ALLAN HILLS A 76002, ANTARCTICA, IRON METEORITE Name: ALLAN HILLS A 76002 Place of find: West
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University ofOxford, Oxford OX] 3PR, England Whole meteorite samples taken from different individuals of Bruderheim...pyroxene, magnetite [Fe2+0) [Fer03) and other meteorite minerals has been to assume secondary reactions......,. olivine MgFeSi0 4 ....,. MgFeSi0 4 enstatite MgSi0 3 + MgSi0 3 + ~ ~ ~ FeO Fe+H 2O...remaining core of original enstatite Fig. 1 Conceptual drawing of an enstatite crystal partially converted...14.2 em. It is the seventh known ureilite. The meteorite is composed of xenoblastic olivine (F0 79•2) and
 
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