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Chromite from
Miller Range 03443 meteorite, Miller Range, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Origin locality:4 Vesta, Main Belt Asteroids, Outer Space
Classification
Species:Chromite
Formula:Fe2+Cr23+O4
Comments:Poikilitically enclosed in olivine and orthopyroxene. Also, as mineral clasts and in associations with troilite; Two distinct populations of Chromite— one relatively Al-rich, the other relatively Cr-rich
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chromite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Miller Range 03443 meteorite, Miller Range, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:903626
Long-form Identifier:1:3:903626:0
GUID (UUID V4):abb06340-dabf-44c6-93a6-99561af0c9fd
References
Krawczynski, M. J., Elkins-Tanton, L. T. & Grove, T. L. (2008) Petrology of Olivine-Diogenite MIL03443,9: Constraints on Eucrite Parent Body Bulk Composition and Magmatic Processes: Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIX. LPI Contribution No. 1391: pdf.1229. (March 2008)
Mittlefehldt, D. W. (2008) Meteorite Dunite Breccia MIL 03443: A Probable Crustal Cumulate Closely Related to Diogenites from the HED Parent Asteroid: Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIX. LPI Contribution No. 1391: pdf.1919. (March 2008)
Beck, A. W. & McSween, H. Y. (2010) Connections Between Dunite MIL 03443 and the Diogenite Meteorites: Lunar Planetary Science Conference XLI. LPI Contribution No. 1533: pdf.1104. (March 2010)
Beck, A. W. & McSween, H. Y. (2010) Diogenites as polymict breccias composed of orthopyroxene and harzburgite: Meteoritics & Planetary Science 45 (5): 850-872. (May 2010)
 
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