 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE NARAGH METEORITE: A NEW OLiVINE·BRONZITE CHONDRITE FALL D. Adib* and J.G. Liou Department of Geology...a stony meteorite of approximately 3200 grams struck the roof ofa secondary school at Naragh, Central...Central Iran, (51° 30'E, 33°45'N). The ellipsoidal dark-gray meteorite was 17 X 15 X 13 em (density 3.62 gr/cm...chemical analysis yields the bulk composition of the meteorite as follows in weight percent: Fe 11.95, Ni 1.05...phosphate 0.70, troilite 6, metal phases 14. The meteorite is fine-grained, with average grain size about |  | Pourkhorsandi, Hamed, Gattacceca, Jérôme, Rochette, Pierre, D'Orazio, Massimo, Kamali, Hojat, Avillez, Roberto, Letichevsky, Sonia, Djamali, Morteza, Mirnejad, Hassan, Debaille, Vinciane, Jull, A. J. Timothy (2019) Meteorites from the Lut Desert (Iran) Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 54 (8) 1737-1763 doi:10.1111/maps.13311 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1111/maps.13311 Meteorites from the Lut Desert (Iran) Hamed POURKHORSANDI 1,2*, Jer^ ome GATTACCECA...53, I-56126 Pisa, Italy 4 Afshin Meteorite Hunting Group, Kerman, Iran 5 Departamento de Engenharia Quımica...Science, University of Tehran, Tehran 14155-64155, Iran 8 Arizona AMS Laboratory, University of Arizona...discovery of a new meteorite collection region in the Lut Desert, eastern–southeastern Iran, describing its...alongside with the activity of meteorite hunters, yielded >200 meteorite finds. Here, we report on their |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | different techniques have been used recently to study meteorite samples, in order to improve our knowledge on...silica, alumina and alkalis; calcium, magnesium, iron, titanium, chromium are also present. Note that...Unfortunately, their composition is not similar to meteorite chondrules but to Apollo XII basalt so that pyroxene...consists mainly of less than 0.1 /~m particles of iron-rich olivines (as confirmed by X-rays); its black...find rather few differences between type 3 to 6 in iron-magnesian silicate morphology, the other minerals |
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