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Siderite from
Nakhla Martian meteorite, Nakhla, Abu Hommos, Beheira Governorate, Egypt


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Origin locality:Mars
Classification
Species:Siderite
Formula:FeCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Siderite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nakhla Martian meteorite, Nakhla, Abu Hommos, Beheira Governorate, Egypt
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:784035
Long-form Identifier:1:3:784035:7
GUID (UUID V4):71ab025a-6783-47e8-838e-696fc4c65268
References
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(2003) 77: 279–285 Reply to comment: ‘‘The Nakhla Martian meteorite is a cumulate igneous rock’’ by A. Treiman...experiments performed on glassbearing inclusions in Nakhla augite. These in situ heating experiments allowed...initial composition of a liquid co-existing with Nakhla augite at 1150  C and 1 atm pressure. During heating...system. Glass-bearing inclusions in augite from Nakhla 1) have a quartz-normative composition when homogenized...olivine, which is a requirement for the Nakhla parental liquid as Nakhla contains about 10 vol% olivine, 3)
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Printed in USA Water soluble ions in the Nakhla martian meteorite DOUGLAS J. SAWYERI, MICHAELD. M c G E...Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85256, USA 2Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona...from the martian achondrite Nakhla and three asteroidal achondrites are reported. The Nakhla sample contains...been in contact with a seawater-like brine on the martian surface. INTRODUCTION An analysis of the total...(Canepa, 1985) showed that those identified as martian had a higher C1 content than the other achondrites
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for silicate dissolution on Mars from the Nakhla meteorite M. R. LEE1*, T. TOMKINSON2, D. F. MARK2, F...in the Nakhla meteorite are good evidence for the former presence of liquid water in the Martian crust...within olivine were mineralized in sequence by siderite, nanocrystalline smectite, a Fe-Mg phyllosilicate...INTRODUCTION The nakhlite meteorites are samples of the Martian crust and formed approximately 1400 Ma ago either...provide a unique insight into the nature of the Martian hydrosphere because they contain hydrous silicates
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patches of a salt alteration assemblage: halite, siderite, and anhydrite/ gypsum. The nakhlites are little...sources (Chas-E and Chas-S), and fractionated Martian atmosphere. The nakhlites are igneous cumulate...greatest, in the order: MIL03346, NWA817, Y000593, Nakhla ¼ Governador Valadares, Lafayette, and NWA998....compositions, magma sources, and alteration by Martian water. I will try to place the nakhlites in a reasonable...only three. Nakhla, the meteorite eponym for the group, was observed to fall in northern Egypt in 1911.
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com/locate/gca Martian subsurface fluid pathways and 3D mineralogy of the Nakhla meteorite A.W. Needham...Abstract The three dimensional structure of the Nakhla meteorite has been investigated in order to provide...method of identifying the true orientation of the meteorite while on its host planetary surface. Halite and...eroded, earlier generations of secondary minerals. Nakhla, and by implication the other nakhlite meteorites...rocks is critical to our understanding of the martian climate. If water was widespread in the past billion
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Chemical Speciation for Secondary Minerals in Martian Nakhlites Hiroki Suga 1, *,† , Keika Suzuki 2,†...Chemical Speciation for Secondary Minerals in Martian Nakhlites. Minerals 2021, 11, 514. https://doi...Accepted: 11 May 2021 Abstract: Iddingsite in Martian nakhlites contains various secondary minerals that...the carbonate phase of meteorite Yamato 000593 as siderite and Mn-bearing siderite via field-emission electron...transition history of Eh-pH conditions during siderite formation to explain the coexistence of carbonate
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extraterrestrial organic material in the Martian meteorite, Nakhla A. J. T. JULL,* J. W. BECK, and G. S....carbonate phases in pristine samples of the martian meteorite, Nakhla (fell 1911AD). We undertook water and...Results indicate that most of the organic matter in Nakhla is released by 6N HCl and there appear to be two...Pillinger, 1994) and could have accumulated on the Martian surface from the accumulation of meteoritic material...suggested that the long residence time of this meteorite on the ice in Antarctica could pose some contamination
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online at http://meteoritics.org Petrology of Martian meteorite Northwest Africa 998 Allan H. TREIMAN1* and...Mars. This 456gram, partially fusion-crusted meteorite consists of (by volume) ∼75% augite (core composition...“iddingsite” associated with olivine (probably Martian), calcite crack fillings, and iron oxide/hydroxide...than 45 known unpaired Martian meteorites are seven nakhlite specimens (Nakhla, Lafayette, Governador...Treiman 2005). The nakhlites are distinctive among Martian meteorites because they have experienced less
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accepted 02 October 2005) Abstract–Antarctic meteorite Miller Range (MIL) 03346 is a nakhlite composed...that MIL 03346 is part of the same or a similar Martian cumulate-rich lava flow as other nakhlites. However...the petrogenesis of MIL 03346 and the nakhlites (Nakhla, Governador Valadares, Lafayette, Yamato-000593...augite (± olivine, ± magnetite) in a shallow-level Martian magma chamber, 3) eruption of the crystal-laden...and to komatiites. INTRODUCTION The Shergotty-Nakhla-Chassigny (SNC) meteorites represent a suite of
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Aqueous Processes Recorded by Martian Meteorites: Analyzing Martian Water on Earth Laurie A. Leshin1...carbonates, are present at some level in all Martian meteorite subtypes and are especially important in the...water–rock interaction OVERVIEW OF MARTIAN METEORITES The Martian meteorites (also called SNC, for shergottite–...comprise a group of 36 specimens. Evidence for the Martian origin of these rocks is discussed in the sidebar...samples and review in detail the evidence for a Martian origin. An up-to-date catalog of descriptions of
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1089/ast.2013.1069 A Conspicuous Clay Ovoid in Nakhla: Evidence for Subsurface Hydrothermal Alteration...ovoid structure has been discovered in the Nakhla martian meteorite, made of nanocrystalline iron-rich saponitic...amorphous material. The ovoid is indigenous to Nakhla and occurs within a late-formed amorphous mesostasis...structure. There is evidence that the parent rock of Nakhla has undergone a shock event from a nearby bolide...explanation for the formation of the ovoid structure in Nakhla, and although compelling evidence for a biotic
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Africa (NWA) 5790 meteorite: A mesostasis-rich nakhlite with little or no Martian aqueous alteration...the find and extends into the interior of the meteorite within veins. The presence of microbial remains...finely crystalline and comprise ~0.003 vol% of the meteorite. dD values of the clay minerals range from 212...be used to distinguish between a terrestrial or Martian origin. As petrographic results are also not definitive...minerals produced by Martian groundwaters are at best very rare within NWA 5790. The meteorite has therefore
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Society, 1999 Printed in USA. Formation of a martian pyroxenite: A comparative study of the nakhlite...composition of the nakhlites, a group of pyroxenitic martian meteorites with young ages, presents an opportunity...(shergottites, nakhlites, and Chassigny), whose martian origin seems well-established (e.g.,McSween, 1994)...one study to evaluate heterogeneity within each meteorite and between the three nakhlites. We also describe...sill. The Nakhlites The three nakhlite meteorites-Nakhla, Lafayette, and Govemador Valadares-are all medium-grained
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by polybaric graphite-CO-CO2 equilibria in the Martian mantle. Although there is no direct evidence for...formation. Iron, which is present in the Earth’s and Martian mantles, may, however, influence the speciation...temperatures corresponding to the Earth’s and Martian mantles. The role of iron and of fO2 was investigated...(1) replacing all or part of the magnesite by siderite FeCO3, (2) adding Fe0 and (3) using graphite C...confirm the hypothesis of carbon metasomatism in the Martian nakhlites source. Immiscibility or reduction could
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Copyright © 2004 Elsevier Ltd evolution of the ancient martian hydrosphere (primordial surface solutions). Clues...as they were concentrated could be held in the martian regolith (silicates ⫹ salts ⫹ oxides; McSween and...indicate that the salts inferred to be on the martian surface in soils, cements, rocks, and dust in the...salts have been tentatively identified in the martian dust using infrared spectroscopy (Bell, 1996; Blaney...dust/sediment (Christensen, 2003). It appears that any martian surface solutions have been largely lost to space
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Its Bearing on the Meteorite Impact Event in the Libyan Glass Area Southwestern Egypt A. A. Barakat .....6344 Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes on Seymchan Meteorite Surface A. S. Begunova, G. A. Yakovlev, and V.................... 6216 Remnants of the Oldest Martian Crust J. J. Bellucci, M. J. Whitehouse, A. A. Nemchin...6163 Refractory Forsterite-Rich Objects in the Meteorite Severny Kolchim (H3) S. V. Berzin ................................................. 6054 The Meteorite from Steinheim, SW Germany: Probably a Pallasite
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elsevier.com/locate/gca Martian fluid and Martian weathering signatures identified in Nakhla, NWA 998 and MIL...Br, I) of Martian nakhlites Nakhla, NWA 998 and MIL 03346 to determine the presence of Martian hydrous...Neutron-irradiated samples were either crushed and step-heated (Nakhla only), or simply step-heated using a laser or furnace...displays 40 ArXS/36Ar of 1000 – consistent with the Martian atmosphere. This component was released predominantly...ratios in our Nakhla samples (especially olivine) are consistent with previously analysed Martian weathering
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exhalative environment where it is associated with siderite, organic matter, and magnetite (Rivas-Sanchez...veins associated with pyrite, quartz, carbonates (siderite, calcite), and sphalerite (Frondel 1962; López-García...Berthierine crystals have been found in the Nakhla Martian meteorite as an alteration product of melt inclusion...odinite occurred in the mesostasis fractures of Martian meteorite, Lafayette (Hicks et al. 2014). A complex...found within veins and mesostasis of this Martian meteorite, and TEM data are consistent with a mixture
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Accepted Manuscript Geochemistry of Martian basalts with constraints on magma genesis Justin Filiberto...article as: Justin Filiberto , Geochemistry of Martian basalts with constraints on magma genesis, Chemical...pertain. ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT Geochemistry of Martian Basalts with Constraints on Magma Genesis Justin...CR Martian rocks has greatly increased. Rocks on the surface of Mars are older than most Martian US...alkalis, and lower MgO contents). Recent Martian meteorite discoveries (NWA 7034, NWA 7635, and NWA
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for shergottites, nakhlites, and the ancient meteorite ALH 84001, as well as rocks analyzed by the Mars...the duration of water-related processes in the Martian crust [Brack et al. 2010; Fairen et al. 2010a...clay formation though incongruent dissolution of Martian bedrock at Yellowknife Bay (Bridges et al. 2015)...to fluids derived from alteration of a range of Martian compositions. In this new study, we also test the...rocks at Gale (Bridges et al. 2015), the nakhlite Martian meteorites (Bridges and Schwenzer 2012), and impact-generated
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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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relative values of halogen and water fugacities in Martian, lunar and terrestrial basalts, accounting for...mantle magma sources. Our analysis shows that the Martian mantle parental to basaltic SNC meteorites was...Ma. The water and halogens found in present-day Martian surface rocks have thus resided in the planet’s...apatites are nearly pure fluorapatites whereas Martian apatites have approximately equal amounts of fluor-...fluor- and chlorapatite components. The lunar and Martian mantles would thus appear to be more homogeneous
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] suggested the possibility of the presence of martian life based on observations of several characterisitc...these magnetite and pyrrhotite grains in the martian meteorite are of magnetotactic bacterial origin. A6...relationship between brown shock glasses and host rock in martian peridotites such as ALH 77005 [5]. The original...obtained from NASA; additional chips from each meteorite were examined petrographically at the Smithsonian...iron in a weathered sample of an equilibrated meteorite, with weight gains predicted for an unweathered
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and on druse clinopyroxene from the D’Orbigny meteorite. The average structure refinement of the studied...721-723. [7] Tonui E. et al. (2002) Antarctic Meteorite Research 15:38-58. [8] Alexander C.M.O'D. et al...fractionation trends are observed in different meteorite groups that are likely linked either with thermal...3:65.7 respectively. The parent bodies of these meteorite types inherited the isotopic heterogeneities from...have not yet discovered a separate pl-px-ol-rich meteorite to represent the missing complementary member
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· Yasser Abd El-Rahman Editors The Geology of Egypt Regional Geology Reviews Series Editors Roland...Geology of Egypt 123 • Editors Zakaria Hamimi Department of Geology Benha University Benha, Egypt Jesús...El-Barkooky Department of Geology Cairo University Giza, Egypt Harald Fritz Department of Geology and Environment...El-Rahman Department of Geology Cairo University Giza, Egypt ISSN 2364-6438 ISSN 2364-6446 (electronic) Regional...by: Prof. M.A. Abd El-Wahed, Tanta University, Egypt) This Springer imprint is published by the registered
 
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