 | | Report (chapter) | | The most notable arid areas of the world for meteorite recoveries are the wider Sahara (Algeria, Libya...Namibian Desert in SW Africa and the Atacama Desert in Chile. This wealth of material has greatly extended our...recovered. This paper documents the history of meteorite recovery from the 'hot' deserts of the world,...two centuries. About 40% of these were observed meteorite falls that had been quickly recovered, the remainder...were chance discoveries or 'finds'. The first meteorite recovered from Antarctica was Adrlie Land, an |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Identification of Calcite Grains in the Chelyabinsk Meteorite S. A. Voropaeva, V. S. Sevast’yanova, A. A. Eliseevb...23, 2013 Abstract—Samples of the Chelyabinsk meteorite fallen in February 15, 2013, near Chelyabinsk...determination of crystal chemical characteris tics of meteorite minerals at the microlevel. At the same time,...spectroscopy in general confirmed that the Chelyabinsk meteorite may be classified as silicate enriched ordinary...scattering spectra reveal the presence of iron oxides: magnetite (Fe3O4) and titanomagnetite (Fe2TiO4). Of special |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Adare meteorite, 352. Aegirine-trachyte from Angola, 66. Alkali lavas, 70. ~kmana meteorite, 173. Analcite...obituary. 392. Biotite-trachyte, Angola, 65. Bluff meteorite, 352. BaJJ~MALL(A.), elected member, xlviii. -...minerals, 831. 347, 354. Brito-aretic petl~graphic province~ 180, 219. BRowN (A. P.), obituary, 892. Baow/r...Nova Scotia, 340. Cbandak~pur meteorite, 352. ChAteau Renard meteorite, 352. Chemical analysis o'f meteorites...393. Crab Orchard meteorite, 167. Cracks in timber ~md clay, 329. Cronstad meteorite, 10. CaooxEs (Sir |  | | Book | | hands. At the Agua olgada quarry, Atacama Region, Chile, rutile is found in agmatite veinlets that contain...recently been reported from the Borborema pegmatitic province in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (Beurten et al...Agua Colgada quarry, Freirina, Atacama Region, Chile. Specimen is about 6 cm tall. RJL3431 Formation... lmenite to mixtures of rutile and hematite, magnetite, or ;iderite is attributed to metamorphic processes...L5; and the Vaca Muerta, Taltal, Atacama, Chile, mesosiderite. In the Vaca Muerta meteorite the rutile |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | microscopist, Gustav Tschermak, and the outstanding meteorite collection of that day, the Vienna collection...meteorites. Table 1 traces the development of meteorite mineralogy over the following seventy years. It...extracted sulfur with alcohol from the Cold Bokkeveld meteorite, and later investigators extracted it from other...*Oldhamite *Daubreelite +Lawrencite Magnesite Calcite Magnetite Chromite Quartz Tridymite Chlorapatite Merrillite...weathering. In 1955, therefore, to specializein meteorite mineralogy might well have beenconsideredthe refugeol |  | | Report (chapter) | | History of the American Museum of Natural History meteorite collection DENTON S. EBEL Department of Earth...(e-mail: debel@amnh.org) Abstract: The core meteorite collection of the American Museum of Natural History...find underlying processes unifying disparate meteorite groups in a coherent story of the early solar...museums grew by acquisition of such collections. Meteorite science became important in its own right in concert...display. Finally, the rise of collection-based meteorite science is explored, with concomitant rise in |  | | Report (issue) | | Structural and compositional properties of iron meteorite groups ___________ The geochemical behavior of...ABBREVIATIONS The following abbreviations for the meteorite classes are used throughout the tables and elsewhere;...percent) ; all others (<0.01 percent). A list of meteorite minerals is provided, and a tabulation of elemental...minerals are quartz and aluminosilicates; the common meteorite minerals are anhydrous, whereas hydrated minerals...actual extraterrestrial abundances; irons dominate meteorite finds since they are resistant to weathering and |  | | Book | | provide an introduction to meteorite science and a handbook on meteorite classification. Insofar as I...These chapters would have been useful chiefly to meteorite researchers looking for a quick summary of group...quantitative meteorite studies declined during 1970-1973 as a result of the diversion of meteorite researchers'...efforts to the study of lunar samples. The rate of meteorite research activity is now increasing as researchers...during the past decade regarding problems of meteorite origin and classification. A complete list would |  | | Book | | provide an introduction to meteorite science and a handbook on meteorite classification. Insofar as I...These chapters would have been useful chiefly to meteorite researchers looking for a quick summary of group...quantitative meteorite studies declined during 1970-1973 as a result of the diversion of meteorite researchers'...efforts to the study of lunar samples. The rate of meteorite research activity is now increasing as researchers...during the past decade regarding problems of meteorite origin and classification. A complete list would |  | | Book (edition) | | Fe203. Other Minerals The commonest of these is magnetite, FegOi, or The ferrous iron in this formula is...titanomagnetite, which forms a connecting link between pure magnetite and the highly titaniferous ilmenite, FeTiOj,...solution of aluminous sediments by the magma. Magnetite crystallizes directly from silicate melts and...common. Magnetite and red ochre (hematite) are found at almost every vent. Some crystals of magnetite were.../3-quartz. Maximum for rose-quartz. 500- Magnetite->hematite (in presence of oxygen). Wollastonite |
|
