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Pyrrhotite from
Kaidun meteorite, Hadhramaut Governorate, Yemen


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 Kaidun meteorite, Hadhramaut Governorate, Yemen
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:544531
Long-form Identifier:1:3:544531:8
GUID (UUID V4):83d7793c-cc1b-4d49-8fdf-ac79fbc8a6a9
References
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Meteoritical Society, 1996. Printed in USA. The Kaidun meteorite: Mineralogy of an unusual eMl lithology MICHAELE...accepted in revisedform 1996 March 12) Abstract-Kaidun is a breccia of disparate enstatite and carbonaceous...that continues to provide real surprises. Many Kaidun clasts have been intensely altered by aqueous fluids...features not previously reported from any meteorite, including pyrrhotite, with exclusive needlelike morphologies...material. INTRODUCTION The Kaidun polymict breccia fell in the People's Republic of Yemen on 1980 December 3
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iron sulfides in CM1 and CI1 lithologies of the Kaidun breccia: Records of extreme to intense hydrothermal...accepted 17 March 2016) Abstract–The polymict Kaidun microbreccia contains lithologies of C-type chondrites...composed of Fe-rich pyrrhotite with nonintegral vacancy superstructures (NC-pyrrhotite), troilite, and pentlandite...are composed of Fe-poor, monoclinic 4C-pyrrhotite and NC-pyrrhotite and probably formed at lower temperatures...conditions. INTRODUCTION The Kaidun meteorite fell on 3 December 1980 in Yemen and is a unique polymict microbreccia
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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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(2009) 5493–5511 www.elsevier.com/locate/gca The Kaidun chondrite breccia: Petrology, oxygen isotopes,...of the Kaidun chondritic breccia reaffirm the complex polymict nature of this unique meteorite. Bulk Kaidun...aubrite. Yet, although each clast resembles a known meteorite group, all deviate in some respect from the norms...Collectively, Kaidun has sampled materials not yet represented in the world meteorite collections and...extend the definitions of known meteorite groups. Phyllosilicates in Kaidun span a very wide range in composition
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Fractionated sulfur isotopes in sulfides of the Kaidun meteorite HARRYY. MCSWEEN, JR.'*, LEER. RICIPUT12 AND...revised form 1996 September 12) Abstract-The Kaidun meteorite contains carbonaceous chondrite (CM 1) clasts...altered by reactions with hydrothermal fluids. Pyrrhotite in these clasts occurs as unusual needles wrapped...aggregates of phyllosilicate and garnet but not pyrrhotite. The isotopic compositions of S (d34SCDT) in...chondrites. The S in Kaidun sulfides is isotopically light (as much as 4 . 2 % 0 for pyrrhotite and -5.7%0 for
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Concentrically Zonal Textures in a Sample of the Kaidun Meteorite A. V. Ivanov, M. A. Ivanova, and N. N. Kononkova...the textural and mineralogical studying of clast Kaidun #d6A. The principal minerals of the clast are phyllosilicates...parent bodies of carbonaceous chondrites, such as Kaidun. Our results obtained on clast #d6A are in good...the hypothesis that the parent body of the Kaidun meteorite was Phobos [1]. Correspondingly, inclusions...10.1134/S0016702907100011 INTRODUCTION The Kaidun meteorite contains extremely diverse types of extraterrestrial
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minerals into the lunar regolith. The Bench Crater meteorite also provides a glimpse of the petrography of...this time we had assumed that the Bench Crater meteorite is anhydrous, with only dehydrated phyllosilicates...al., 1974). I have examined the Bench Crater meteorite, a chondrite recovered from the lunar regolith...reported recently by Zolensky et al. (1 996a). This meteorite measures only 3 mm in greatest dimension and exists...Bench Crater consists of lathshaped crystals of pyrrhotite, pentlandite, magnetite framboids and plaquets
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1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01150.x 53 Mn-53Cr ages of Kaidun carbonates M. PETITAT1*, Y. MARROCCHI1, K. D....different CI1 clasts contained within the Kaidun meteorite breccia. Three internal isochrones result...lithologies of the Kaidun meteorite. We construct an accretion scenario for the Kaidun breccia by comparing...and formation time scales of carbonates in the Kaidun CI1 lithologies to the analogous ones of the CI1...2007; Petitat et al. 2009). As the CI1 clasts in Kaidun lack breunnerite grains, and considering that aqueous
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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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(Part ofa series ofpapers on the Tagish Lake meteorite) Abstract-In this paper we describe the recovery...mineralogical investigation ofthe Tagish Lake meteorite. Tagish Lake is a type 2 carbonaceous chondrite...and 2.6-2.9 glee, respectively), or any other meteorite for that matter. We have identified two lithologies:...a less-abundant carbonate-rich lithology. The meteorite is a breccia at all scales. We have noted similarities...Lake and some clasts within the enigmatic meteorite Kaidun; possibly there are genetic relationships
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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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of C asteroid regolith: The Sutter’s Mill CM meteorite Michael ZOLENSKY1*, Takashi MIKOUCHI2, Marc FRIES1...phyllosilicate-dominated matrix (mainly serpentine), pyrrhotite, pentlandite, tochilinite, and variable amounts...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
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quartz veins that contain scheelite, pyrite, pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite. Locally, associated sulfosalt...Locality: The Kaidun meteorite, South Yemen. Occurrence: Found in a chondritic meteorite. Associated minerals...Florenskyite, FeTiP, a new phosphide from the Kaidun meteorite. American Mineralogist 85, 1082-1086. 1215...mooihoekite, talnakhite or putoranite), pentlandite, pyrrhotite, cubanite, galena, taimyrite, cabriite, stannopalladinite
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d34S relative to troilite from the Canyon Diablo meteorite (CDT) than has been observed in previous studies...presence of sulfate veins in the Orgueil CI1 meteorite is attributed to terrestrial alteration (Gounelle...2001). Sulfide minerals identified in the CI1s are pyrrhotite ([Fe,Ni]1)xS); pentlandite ([Fe,Ni]9S8), and...alteration at up to 450 C (the CM1 lithology in Kaidun; Zolensky and Browning 1994), or even as high as...The sulfide minerals found in CM chondrites are pyrrhotite, pentlandite, troilite (FeS), tochilinite (interlayered
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The clast is dominantly composed of magnetite, pyrrhotite, rare Ca-carbonate, and very rare Mg-rich olivine...material as foreign clasts mixed into the host meteorite during regolith gardening. Such fragments, often... and diogenites), and also in a single lunar meteorite (e.g., Brearley and Prinz 1992; Brearley 1993;...about 20 vol% of such mostly angular clasts. The meteorite is very fresh (W0/1) as documented by the almost...b.d. b.d. 32.8 b.d. b.d. 66.9 0.09 99.83 #1: pyrrhotite; #2: pentlandite; #3: low-Ni pentlandite (see
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subordinate gehlenite, tridymite, cristobalite, pyrrhotite, fluorapatite, chromite, magnetite, hematite...barringerite . Fe-Ni-P system . Pyrometamorphism . Meteorite . Coal piles . Phosphorylation Editorial handling:...florenskyite, FeTiP, and andreyivanovite, FeCrP, from the Kaidun polymictic breccia (Ivanov et al. 2000; Zolensky...cristobalite, accessory magnetite, troilite, pyrrhotite, hematite, merrillite and fluorapatite. Clinopyroxene...Accessory minerals include hematite, magnetite, pyrrhotite, merrillite and fluorapatite. Rock samples from
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found on the Moon and called the Bench Crater meteorite is apparently shocked CMl material. The CM2 clasts...(sometimes containing sulfides), loose olivines, pyrrhotite, pentlandite, low-Ca pyroxene (minor), hedenbergite...saponite. The matrix of CR2 clasts also contains pyrrhotite, pentlandite, chromite and a significant fraction...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;
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al., 1993). The sulfide in these meteorites is pyrrhotite (Fe0.92 o.94S). These meteorites are igneous...apatite (Mittlefehldt, 1994). Crushed zones in this meteorite contain abundant carbonates and pyrite. On the...with other studies of the carbonates in this meteorite, which call for precipitation from either a low-temperature...analyses of pyrite in the crushed zones of the same meteorite, and pyrrhotites previously identified in five...values that have been previously reported in this meteorite based on three analyses ( + 4 . 8 to +7.8%< Shearer
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chondrites is the iron-deficient Fe,Ni sulfide pyrrhotite ([Fe,Ni]1⫺xS), that has a composition close to...Orgueil (MacDougall and Kerridge, 1977). The pyrrhotite grains in all four chondrites form hexagonal...and show no evidence of Ni or Co zoning. The pyrrhotite grains in Orgueil and Ivuna are, in general,...less, converted the troilite to magnetite and pyrrhotite with pentlandite inclusions. Subsequently, continued...Ivuna, completely from Orgueil—leaving behind pyrrhotite with spaces (“corrosions”) where the pentlandite
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grains as well as dispersed low-Ca pyroxene and pyrrhotite (these components are connected by carbonaceous...GEMS, low-Ca pyroxene, olivine, and pyrrhotite (although pyrrhotite was very rare in the MMs recovered...and sulfide (GEMS), low-Ca pyroxene (LPx), and pyrrhotite (Po), and these components are connected by carbonaceous...constituents such as GEMS, ferromagnesian silicates, pyrrhotite, and carbonaceous material connecting these components...CI) in this MM. It has been also reported that pyrrhotite is easily lost from MMs by terrestrial weathering
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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...Houston (Table 1 for details). Four C1 clasts in Kaidun (Cung ), DaG 319 (ureilite), and Sahara 98645 (H3...chondrite) as well as a total of ten CM-like clasts in Kaidun (Cung ), PRA 04401, PRA 04402, NWA 7542A, and NWA
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petrogenesis. Complex exsolution textures of pyrrhotite (crystallographic NC-type with N  6), troilite...and Y-793321. Additionally, polycrystalline 4C-pyrrhotite-pentlandite-magnetite aggregates occur in Y-791198...metamorphic temperature to less than 570 °C. NC-pyrrhotite occurs in both meteorites as nm-wide rims on...slightly above the fayalite-magnetite-quartz-pyrrhotite buffer. Finegrained troilite-olivine intergrowths...mineralogical CM affinity. Pseudomorphs after euhedral pyrrhotite crystals in Y-86720 in turn suggest CI affinity
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kind of chondritic matter, not yet sampled in meteorite collections. This demonstrates that the view of...serpentine) Magnetite Chromite Fe-Ni sulfide (pyrrhotite, pentlandite) Metal Tochilinite Previous classificationb...stand for matrix, olivine, pyroxene, pentlandite, pyrrhotite, iron-nickel metal, tochilinite-serpentine aggregate...serpentine and tochilinite, with minor pentlandite and pyrrhotite (Table 2 and Fig. 4). Microclast K9 (Fig. 1)...serpentine and tochilinite, with minor pentlandite and pyrrhotite (Table 2 and Fig. 4). Microclast Y50 (Fig. 1)
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concentric sulfide–oxide aggregates from this meteorite by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and...minerals present are magnetite, pentlandite, and pyrrhotite/troilite. The outer parts of the aggregates include...2013). Exsolution textures of pentlandite and pyrrhotite indicate formation temperatures that are far...(Ptype). M-type grains consist of single-crystal pyrrhotite or troilite with exsolved pentlandite. P-type...are made of lm to sub-lm-sized crystallites of pyrrhotite/troilite and pentlandite. They often exhibit
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microprobe. The ranges and means of ␦34S values of pyrrhotite and pyrite in nakhlites become more negative...history. A chalcopyrite vein cross cutting a pyrrhotite in Nakhla, coupled with chalcopyrite having slightly...replaced pyrrhotite in Lafayette, suggesting that fO2 and/or fS2 increased after pyrrhotite crystallization...fractionated relative to troilite in the Cañon Diablo meteorite (CDT) (Gao and Thiemens, 1993a; 1993b; Paterson...(ZAF) matrix corrections were employed. Most pyrrhotite in Lafayette is extremely corroded and fine-grained
 
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