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Cronstedtite from
Kaidun meteorite, Hadhramaut Governorate, Yemen


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Cronstedtite
Formula:Fe22+Fe3+((Si,Fe3+)2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cronstedtite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kaidun meteorite, Hadhramaut Governorate, Yemen
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:546151
Long-form Identifier:1:3:546151:6
GUID (UUID V4):ba66107c-9534-40ce-8ceb-c44884508634
References
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Meteoritical Society, 1996. Printed in USA. The Kaidun meteorite: Composition and origin of inclusions in the...nodules are one of the major textural components of Kaidun sample #01.3.06 EH3-4. In terms of structure, the...chondrite EH3-4 fragment #01.3.06 from Kaidun. The Kaidun meteorite is a very heterogeneous chondritic breccia...and our preliminary petrological study of many Kaidun clasts indicate the presence of additional types...unusual meteorite. EXPERIMENTAL METHODS We studied a doubly-polished thin section of Kaidun fragment
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of C asteroid regolith: The Sutter’s Mill CM meteorite Michael ZOLENSKY1*, Takashi MIKOUCHI2, Marc FRIES1...Zolensky et al. INTRODUCTION The Sutter’s Mill meteorite fell to Earth at 7:51 A.M. Pacific time on April...carbonaceous chondrite (Jenniskens et al. 2012). This meteorite is an exceptionally varied mix of CM material...be accommodated in the initial report of the meteorite in the Jenniskens et al. (2012) Science paper...2, and OSIRIS-REx, and thus the fall of this meteorite at this time was extremely fortuitous. The reader
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de/journals/chemerd INVITED REVIEW The Kaidun Microbreccia Meteorite: A Harvest from the Inner and Outer...of research into the complex Kaidun microbrecccia meteorite. This meteorite contains an unprecedented accumulation... The following well-known meteorite types are definitely present in Kaidun: EH3–5, EL3, CV3, CM1-2, and...and R chondrites. Also present in Kaidun are new C1 and C2 type lithologies, unique alkaline-enriched...materials have yet to be characterized. Obviously, the Kaidun parent object accumulated materials from across
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be found as individual meteorites in today’s meteorite collections. In order to reveal a better knowledge...clasts occur throughout all of the mentioned meteorite groups, whereas the CM-like clasts have only been...contain fragments of several different meteorite groups and classes. Kaidun consists of millimeter- to submillimeter-sized...(re)accretion events in the early evolution of meteorite parent bodies and also to decipher possible relationships...respect, important and exceptional breccias are Kaidun (e.g., Zolensky et al. 1992; Zolensky and Ivanov
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three meteorites (EET 83334, ALH 88045, and one Kaidun lithology). Still other CMs, notably ALH 83100...increases in temperature (to a peak of ~450°C for the Kaidun lithology), fo2, and (locally) degree of chemical...EET 83334, ALH 88045, and a peculiar lithology in Kaidun (Zolensky et al., 1996b). We describe here how...90047.4, ALH 83100.149-.53 (all obtained from the Meteorite Working Group, MWG), and Yamato 82042 (hereafter...Polar Research), Cold Bokkeveld (BM 1727), and Kaidun (01.3.18a, Vemadsky Institute). Mineral grains
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extensive petrographic study of the clastbearing meteorite LON 94101 conducted by Lindgren et al. (2013)...and textural diversity of clasts within this meteorite has been considered as evidence for a diversity...comparable to what has been reported in the Murray meteorite (Rubin and Wasson 1986). Boriskino may thus provide...AND METHODS Two thick sections of the Boriskino meteorite, named 3788-1 and 3788-2, embedded in epoxy resin...for sulfide, metal, carbonate, and tochilinite–cronstedtite intergrowth (TCI) analyses, and was defocused
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
found on the Moon and called the Bench Crater meteorite is apparently shocked CMl material. The CM2 clasts...materials. McSween (1976) examined the small meteorite Bench Crater from lunar sample 12037 collected...Nawapali, Nogoya, Pollen, Santa Cruz; CR: Al Rais, Kaidun, Renazzo; CO: Felix, Kainsaz, LancC, Ornans, Warrenton;...by classification type, rather than on a meteorite by meteorite basis, so that related clasts can be more...chondrites, although we find that a few clasts in each meteorite are best classified as CR2. The average major
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analyses used to produce the isochrons. Meteorite Meteorite type No. clasts analyzed No. carbonates...21 22 9 6 16 18 C1 clasts DaG 319 Sahara 98645 Kaidun-2 Ureilite H3 Cung chondrite 1 2 1 6 3 20 7...CM-like clasts PRA04401 PRA04402 NWA7542A NWA7542B Kaidun-1 Howardite Howardite Eucrite p-mict Eucrite p-mict...serpentine/saponite matrix often dominated by tochilinite-cronstedtite intergrowths (TCIs) (e.g., Zolensky et al.,...Houston (Table 1 for details). Four C1 clasts in Kaidun (Cung ), DaG 319 (ureilite), and Sahara 98645 (H3
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serpentine-like phyllosilicates with variable amounts of cronstedtite, tochilinite-like oxides, olivine, and pyroxene...Granite G-2 (USGS, GOVINDARAJU, 1984) and Allende meteorite powder (U.S. National Museum, JAROSEWICHet al...consisting of fine-grained phyllosilicates including cronstedtite (light grey ) and tochilinite (white). The particle...meteorites and even inferior to that of most meteorite components (e.g., chondrules). Several questions...the presence of serpentine-like minerals and cronstedtite (AM5 ) . These phases are typical of CM chon-
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Brearley, 1991), Bench Crater (McSween, 1976), Kaidun (Ivanov et al., 1984) and LEW 85332 (Rubin and...from a chip of the meteorite that was kindly provided by the Antarctic Meteorite Working Group. The sections...it was distributed heterogeneously through the meteorite, which are observations consistent with those...redlbrown staining is pervasive throughout the meteorite. Reflected light microscopy shows that thin veins...essentially forms a continuous groundmass within the meteorite (Fig. Ia,b). This material is extremely fine grained
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lithologies are howardites. They belong to the HED meteorite group and contain eucrititc (crustal) and diogenetic...Examples of more complicated brecciated meteorites are Kaidun (e.g., Malysheva et al. 1986; Ivanov 1989; Zolensky...certain minerals (e.g., magnetite), Tochilinite-Cronstedtite- Intergrowth (TCI), and chondrule appearance...samples is less pronounced than in Antarctic meteorite samples (Bland et al. 2006) where similar effects...in the present study, we used the Tagish Lake meteorite, because it has high concentrations of carbonaceous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the regolith is fine grained, consistent with meteorite analogs. Table 1. Observational constraints on...of Ceres’s size (McKinnon and Zolensky 2003). Cronstedtite (Fe-serpentine) forms in the early phase of...with sulfur and oxygen (Howard et al. 2011). Cronstedtite is generally found in CM chondrites where aqueous...phases starting from a mix of Mg-serpentine and cronstedtite (Fe-serpentine) to a mix of Mg-serpentine and...previous case for W/R < 1, and the presence of cronstedtite and small abundance of carbonates are rather
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preferentially removed. Copyright © 2005 Elsevier Ltd meteorite classes. Most authors, however, have simply noted...magnetite grains, and the absence of tochilinite and cronstedtite, identify the clast as CI material. The sulfides...different from that seen in the CM1 lithology of Kaidun (Zolensky et al., 1996), in that the magnetite...troilite could have occurred on or within the meteorite parent body. The temperature of the experiments...the highly aqueously altered CM1 lithologies of Kaidun (pentlandite veins—McSween, 1997) and Tagish Lake
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concentric sulfide–oxide aggregates from this meteorite by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and...to the formation of phyllosilicates, such as cronstedtite and accessory sulfides, while limited S and...all embedded within a fine-grained matrix. The meteorite experienced significant terrestrial weathering...outer part and rim area toward the surrounding meteorite matrix. The central part of the assemblage is...sulfide-material and is therefore distinct from the “usual” meteorite matrix that can be observed in the lower right
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Society, 1997. Printed in USA. Mineralogy of meteorite groups ALANE. RUBIN Institute of Geophysics and...shocked ordinary chondrites. Secondary minerals in meteorite finds that formed during terrestrial weathering...numbers of meteorites (including members of new meteorite groups; Table 1) from hot and cold deserts, the...variations 23 1 A. E. Rubin 232 TABLEI . Meteorite classification. Chondrites Carbonaceous chondrites...Wasson and Kallemeyn, 1990). 233 Mineralogy of meteorite groups TABLE 2. Minerals in meteorites. ~~ ~
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Water-Rich Small Bodies 390 6.5 Primitive Asteroid-Meteorite Matches 394 6.6 Implications for Exploration of...same rate as older craters erode away (due to meteorite and micrometeorite bombardment), at least for...found that the best match for 433 Eros is an OC meteorite that has been altered at the surface of the asteroid...do not go longward of 0.9 mm, and a suggested meteorite analog cannot be identified beyond those generally...existence of polymict breccias in the Earthly meteorite collections. Some regions in the southern hemisphere
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the IMACNMNC, including 17 from the Allende CV3 meteorite (Ma, 2015a) and high-pressure phases such as bridgmanite...(Continued) Synonyms and Varieties chrysotile cronstedtite ferroan antigorite greenalite lizardite smectite...cordierite corundum coulsonite covellite cristobalite cronstedtite cronusite cubanite cupalite cuprite daubréelite...sources plausibly responsible for the bulk of meteorite metamorphism and melting: (1) the decay of shortlived... Ca, Fe, Na and Cl from other regions of the meteorite (most likely chondrule mesostases and small matrix
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characterized phases, mainly intergrown tochilinite-cronstedtite assemblages). CR chondrites contain abundant...Similar sulfide and sheath structures reported in the Kaidun polymict breccia (Fig. 16 of Zolensky and Ivanov...morphology (Zolensky et al., 1996a). In the case of Kaidun, the sulfide grains are pyrrhotite (mean composition...pyrrhotite laths and sheaths in the CM1 lithology of Kaidun. It seems more likely that the convex shapes of...Experimental aqueous alteration of the Allende meteorite under oxidizing conditions: Constraints on asteroidal
Book
METEORITE MINERALOGY Meteorites are fascinating cosmic visitors. Using accessible language, this book...book documents the history of mineralogy and meteorite research, summarizes the mineralogical characteristics...photographs of meteorite minerals, and with an accompanying online list of meteorite minerals, this book...book provides a useful resource for meteorite researchers, terrestrial mineralogists, cosmochemists,...students in these fields. a l a n e . r u b i n is a meteorite researcher who recently retired from the University
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are heavily fractured independently of the host meteorite and display a large range of morphologies such...serpentine having a composition close to that of cronstedtite is common as patches and elongated plates in...1999; Tonui et al., 2002a,b), to the Bench Crater meteorite recovered on the Moon (Zolensky, 1997), and to...CM2 objects. As noticed for the Bench Crater meteorite (Zolensky, 1997), this saponite is depleted in...microclasts might compare better to the anomalous CR2 meteorite, Al Rais, which is known to differ from CR2 chondrites
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amount of replacement that has occurred within a meteorite. Geochemical metrics – which measure the composition...coarse-grained structural elements within the meteorite; first as chondrule glass is replaced, and later...several large chondritic micrometeorites to known meteorite groups, including CM and CI chondrites. Furthermore...needed. Thus, all micrometeorites and most small meteorite chips suffer sampling biases. Although, this problem...micrometeorites and their larger C2/C1 hydrated meteorite counterparts. 2. SAMPLES Micrometeorites recovered
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Also, if we can conclusively tie a specific meteorite type to any returned sample, then we can always...to the planetary scientist. For example, many meteorite groups plot in unique positions on the three-isotope...oxidation state shows a huge variation according to meteorite type, owing to differences established both during...possible to tie specific grains to specific known meteorite types, although ambiguities are reduced if bulk...electron image of a rounded grain of cronstedtite from the Kaidun chondrite, containing three small crystals
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12271 Testing variations within the Tagish Lake meteorite—I: Mineralogy and petrology of pristine samples...from the pristine collection of the Tagish Lake meteorite, an ungrouped C2 chondrite, were studied to characterize...fireball was tracked to an unusual carbonaceous meteorite that fell on the frozen surface of Tagish Lake...only 1300 kg reached the ground, with 97% of the meteorite 473 © The Meteoritical Society, 2014. 474...part, due to the unique characteristics of this meteorite, such as high porosity (Brown et al. 2002). The
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grid for electron microscopy. Large areas of meteorite matrix were scanned and checked for the occurrence...material into which they were mixed prior to meteorite compaction This is to be expected if the diamonds...TOWARD A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE ASTEROID-METEORITE CONNECTION. J. F. Bell 1111, S. Murchiez, N. Izenbergz...sufficient accuracy to enable comparisons with major meteorite types. To achieve the latter goal, NEAR is equipped...address fundamental questions in asteroid and meteorite science. This presentation focuses primarily on
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magnetite and pyrrhotite grains in the martian meteorite are of magnetotactic bacterial origin. A6 Meteoritics...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...the carbonate globules present in the martian meteorite ALH 84001 have detected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons...origin and were claimed to be indigenous to the meteorite, perhaps derived from an ancient martian biota
 
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