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Pyrrhotite from
Rumuruti meteorite, Laikipia County, Kenya


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rumuruti meteorite, Laikipia County, Kenya
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:886209
Long-form Identifier:1:3:886209:9
GUID (UUID V4):ad3d31e8-f15b-4e78-9563-9bb8362d5559
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Reports 275 Mineralogy and chemistry of Rumuruti: The frst meteorite fall of the new R chondrite group H...AtWtract-The R u m d mcteOrite shower fell in Rumuruti, Kenya, on 1934 January 28 at 10:45 p.m R u m d is...chondrite breccia. The most abundant phase of Rumuruti is olivine (mostly Fa-39) with about 70 ~01%....vol%, mainly plagioclase), Ca-pyroxene (5 vol%), pyrrhotite (4.4 vol%), and pentlandite (3.6 ~01%)are major...e Pt, Ir, and Au. The chemical composition of Rumuruti is chondritic. The depletion in r e h d o y elements
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
www.elsevier.com/locate/epsl Paleomagnetism of Rumuruti chondrites suggests a partially differentiated...2020 Editor: R. Dasgupta Keywords: meteorite paleomagnetism Rumuruti chondrites dynamo magnetic field partially...this study we studied the paleomagnetism of two Rumuruti chondrites (PCA 91002 and LAP 03639). These chondrites...consists of pseudo-single domain pyrrhotite in LAP 03639 and pyrrhotite plus magnetite in PCA 91002. Paleomagnetic...existence of an advecting liquid core within the Rumuruti chondrite parent body, and implies that, as proposed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
is a relatively new meteorite that previous studies suggest belongs to the Rumuruti chondrite class. Major...abundance in R INTRODUCTION Since mid-1990s, Rumuruti chondrites (RCs) have been recognized as distinctly...Kallemeyn et al. 1996). Named after Rumuruti, the only RC fall (in Kenya in 1934; Schulze and Otto 1993;...euhedral olivine; (3) opaque minerals, mainly pyrrhotite and pentlandite, are in lesser quantities (<1...observations given above indicating that the meteorite is petrologic type R3.6 (MB 105). We have been
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
homepage: www.elsevier.de/chemer Invited review The Rumuruti chondrite group Addi Bischoff a,∗ , Nadia Vogel...October 2010 Accepted 20 February 2011 Keywords: Rumuruti R chondrites R chondrite mineralogy Noble gases...Al-rich inclusions a b s t r a c t Since 1994, the Rumuruti (R) chondrites have been recognized as a new,...(December, 2010). This group is named after the Rumuruti meteorite, the first and so far the only R chondrite...∼2.7 for R chondrites is the highest among all meteorite groups, and the mean oxygen isotope composition
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MASON B. (1993) Description of PCA91241. Anturc. Meteorite Newslet. 16, 18. SCHULZE H., BISCHOFF A, PALME... (1994) Mineralogy and chemistry of Rumuruti-The fiRt meteorite fall of the new R chondrite group. Meteoritics...Meteoritics 20,79 1. Acfer 217-A new member of the Rumuruti chondrite group (R) A. BISCHOFF~, T. GEIGER^,... The latter two are probably pared. With the meteorite Rumwuti, the f~ fall ofthis type of chondrite...et ul., 1994). We report here on the Saharan meteorite Acfer 217 which has chemical and mineralogical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sharp, but irregular interfaces with the host meteorite and have characteristics which suggest that formed...from hot deserts. The 26AI concentration in a meteorite depends upon different parameter like the exposure...analyzed sample and the terrestrial age of the meteorite. Our data contributes to the understanding of...production rate characteristic for the corresponding meteorite class. We do not find extremely low 26AI concentrations...order to reconstruct the irradiation history of a meteorite in detail, it is essential to analyze other cosmogenic
 
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