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Augite from
Sharps meteorite, Henrico County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Augite
Formula:(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Augite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sharps meteorite, Henrico County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1013038
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1013038:2
GUID (UUID V4):c6c17ded-adcc-44f4-8715-e54bde04ca57
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Adularia, electron-optical study of, I Aegirine-augite, Scotland, anal., 819; manganoan, India, anal....stilpnomelane, 693 AUCOTT(J. W.), see ENGIN (T.), 76 Augite, Canary Isles, hour-glass structure in, interpretation...and WAINE (C. V.), The Angra dos Reis (iron) meteorite, 94; Metallographic study of hexahedrites, 725...decomposition, 583 metamorphic effects in the Ergheo meteorite, Amphibole, Scotland, anal., 819; and see amosite...muscovite, myrmekite, 57o Bronzite, Sitathali meteorite, opt., 335 BROWN (G. C.), see PURTSCHELLER(F.)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Springer-Verlag 1971 The Petrology of Chondrules in the Sharps Meteorite ROBEI~T T. DODD Department of Earth and Space...and microprobe studies of 96 ehondrules in the Sharps (H-3) chondrite indicate that chondritic material...here a t t e m p t s to fill this gap. The Sharps (H-3) meteorite was chosen for s t u d y because earlier...preaeeumulation condition. A second advantage of Sharps is that, as a high-iron ehondrite, it contains...the chondrite. The black material described in Sharps by Fredriksson (1969) is xenolithie in this sense
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
California, Los Angeles, California 90095–1567, USA National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton University...University, 100 Exploration Way, Hampton, Virginia 23666–6186, USA * Corresponding author. E-mail: aerubin@ucla...approximately 1 Ga ago. About 30 vol% of the meteorite consists of a melt matrix containing faceted and...Antarctica in 2006 and described in Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 31(2) as having a ‘‘melt-textured matrix...were determined on a photograph of a slab of the meteorite by weighing cut-outs of the different components
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Petrology of Chondrules in the Hallingeberg Meteorite Robert T. Dodd 3'[ax-Planck-Institut fiir Kernphysik...variation like those encountered previously in Sharps (H-3). Chondrule mineralogy, mineral composition...was heavily involved. Data for Hallingeberg and Sharps suggest that orthopyroxene accompanies or replaces...recrystallization. A comparison of modes for chondrules in Sharps and Hallingeberg shows the former to contain more...for 96 individual chondrules in the Sharps (H-3) chondrite. Sharps was selected for this purpose because
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
unequilibrated chondrites also shows that each meteorite has been metamorphosed, with the alteration ranging...1967). Studies of the unequilibrated chondrites Sharps (FREDRIKSSON er al., 1968) and Tieschitz (WOOD...ordinary chondrites. These are, first, clasts in Sharps, Tieschitz and Krymka (FREDRIKSSONet al., 1968;...India Semarkona, India Sete Lag&s, Brazil Sharps, Virginia Tieschitz, Czechoslovakia Section Nunbers...microprobe analyses as possible for each meteorite. Standards used were augite (Si, T’i), olivine (Fe, Mg), albite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
transport in chondrites: evidence from the Warrenton meteorite JOHNF. KEBIDGX* Plar~&ologyBrrtnch, NASA Ames...analyzed plagioclase far Ca in olivine and an analyzed augite for Ca, Mg, Si, Ti and Na in glass. For spine&...Warrenton predated fmal consolidation of the meteorite so that alteration took place while the surface...was reached by Ku&&T (1969) for the Tieschitz meteorite, based on evidence for leaching of Ka, Al, Si...activity has been established for at least one meteorite parent body (DUFRESNEand ANDERS, 1962; BOSTR~~M
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
including orthopyroxene, pigeonite, and subcalcic augite), and quartz-oligoclase glass (22%), occurs in...mineralogy and composition (Dodd, 1974), but the meteorite also contains intensely shocked and blackened...(H-5; Fodor and Keil, 1973 and in press), Adams County (H-5; Fodor et al., 1974a), and Bhola (LL.?; Fodor...microcrystalline pyroxenes [orthopyroxene, pigeonite, augite] and pale brown glass. Poorly defined xenoblastic...crystallization, these are orthopyroxene, pigeonite, and augite. The following description refers specifically
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(1990) © Meteoritical Society, 1990. Printed in USA Deformation and thermal histories of chondrules...Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA (Received 20 October 1989; accepted in revised form...histories prior to the final agglomeration ofthe meteorite. Chainpur may be regarded as an agglomerate or... who systematically examined chondrules in the Sharps (H3.4) and Hallingeberg (L3) meteorites using optical...Barber, 1977; Topel-Schadt and Miiller, 1985). Augite epitaxially overgrows low-Ca pyroxene in C4 and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
orthopyroxene (Fe,,Wo,). pigeonite (Fe,,, .32Wo, i, ) and augite (FsLh 3, Wo, 5 j2). The pyroxcncs occur chiefly...amounts of Cr and Al found in some olivines from the Sharps chondrite. A CrFCr$ couple in olivine is unlikely...mention chromian olivine in a xenolith in the Adams County chondrite which appears to be petrographically...DODD R. T. (1968) Re~ystallized chondrules in the Sharps 12 olivine and plagioclase. Proc. Second Lunar...(1972) Deep-seated inclusions in kimberlites Sharps meteorite. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 31, 201-227. and
Report (issue)
the cover—Turquois crystals from Lynch Station, Virginia; x ca.; pho­ tograph by Neal Ycdlin; color plates...C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...of Virginia R. V. DIETRICH* Professor of Geology and Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic...Polytechnic Institute Research Division Bulletin 47 Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va. 24061 *... © R. V. Dietrich and the Research Division of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1970 Printed and bound
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
forsttrite pure, proviennent aussi d’un apport de meteorite carbon&e. ‘(------l MnO R- 47.6 - 13 / 7...refroidissement ait aussi une influence: dans la chondrite Sharps, les olivines a faibles teneurs en CaO sont associ&es...materiaux d~og~nitiques) et probabIcmellt augite et ferro-augite (ayant un Kn FeO/MnO (pyroxene/liquide)...Mage, la vaieur 34 caracterise uniquement Moore County et Nagaria, les autres eucrites de ce type (Serra...(3)(4)(5) (7)19)flO) 27,6 (11) Pomozdino Sioux County 33,6 (3)(b)(7) Eucrites StannEXn Diog&ites 34
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
98195, USA Sciences Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA 3Department...University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA *Corresponding author. E-mail: joswiak@astro.washington...1561 © The Meteoritical Society, 2009. Printed in USA. 1562 D. J. Joswiak et al. Fig. 1. Optical images...xtls = crystals, gl = glass, Ko-aug = kosmochloric augite, Ko-diop = kosmochloric diopside, Fo = forsterite...in aerogel. Ol = olivine, Ko-aug = kosmochloric augite, G = glass, P = pentlandite. pyroxenes occur in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA b Department of Geology and Geophysics, School of...University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA Received 17 June 2013; accepted in revised form 27...Institution, PO Box 37012, MRC 119, Washington, DC 20013, USA. Tel.: +1 202 633 1865. E-mail address: schraderd@si...analyses in type I and type II BO chondrules. Meteorite Gao-Guenie (b) UA2301,1 Gao-Guenie (b) UA2301...(0.01), augite or San Carlos olivine for Si (0.01), San Carlos olivine for Mg (0.01), augite for Ca (0
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
value for average feldspar grain size for each meteorite section or clast, all grains which could be positively... 2. 2. Mineral analyses 3. Results For each meteorite or clast, an average of eight orthopyroxene, six...Jr. and A.C. Turnock, Compositions of synthetic augite and hypersthene coexisting at 810°C: application... 1963) 488 pp. 25 C.R. Chapman, Asteroids as meteorite parent bodies: the astronomical perspective, Geochim... Dodd, The petrology of chondrules in the Sharps meteorite, Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 31 (1971) 201.
Book
Physics University of California Los Angeles, CA 90024/USA Volumes I to 9 in this series appeared under the...provide an introduction to meteorite science and a handbook on meteorite classification. Insofar as I...These chapters would have been useful chiefly to meteorite researchers looking for a quick summary of group...quantitative meteorite studies declined during 1970-1973 as a result of the diversion of meteorite researchers'...efforts to the study of lunar samples. The rate of meteorite research activity is now increasing as researchers
Book
Physics University of California Los Angeles, CA 90024/USA Volumes I to 9 in this series appeared under the...provide an introduction to meteorite science and a handbook on meteorite classification. Insofar as I...These chapters would have been useful chiefly to meteorite researchers looking for a quick summary of group...quantitative meteorite studies declined during 1970-1973 as a result of the diversion of meteorite researchers'...efforts to the study of lunar samples. The rate of meteorite research activity is now increasing as researchers
Book
METEORITE RESEARCH ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE LIBRARY A SERIES OF BOOKS ON THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS... Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Mass., USA C. DE JAGER, G. H. LUDWIG, University of Utrecht...NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., USA R. LUST, Institut fiir Extraterrestrische Physik...L. I. SEDOV, NEWELL, NASA, Washington, D.C., USA Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, USSR Secretary...Holland VOLUME 12 METEORITE RESEARCH PROCEEDINGS OF A SYMPOSIUM ON METEORITE RESEARCH HELD IN VIENNA
Book (volume)
solar system G. Kurat 155 Some problems of meteorite classification A.A. Yavnel 199 Primitive 3 ae/...isotope ratios different to those observed in other meteorite classes but almost exactly matching the rare gases...18, 5-40. Chapman , C.R. (1976) Asteroids as meteorite parentbodies : The astronomical perspective. Geochim...be far lower than i 29 detected in an iron meteorite at 0 . 1 atom/m . Kg by our older work . Remeasurement...in the acid insoluble fraction of the Allende meteorite. At the sam ime the enrichment of 142 0.4%_~as
Book (edition)
Geological Institute 4220 King Street Alexandria, Virginia 22302 703/379-2480 Price: $65 softcover $25...The largest groups of new terms have been U.S. county names; rock-formation names (mostly North American);...Thesaurus. These include local geographic terms, U.S. county names, rock-formation names, and fossil names....term must be a name unique to one area. Lincoln County is not assigned coordinates in the Thesaurus, because...North America from the broader terms of Hanover County. There is no reciprocal entry for each broader
Report (issue)
percent), hypersthene (40 percent), with subsidiary augite (5 percent), and about 15 percent opaques. These...1940, Geology of the Covelo district, Mendocino County, California: Calif. Univ. Pubs. Geol. Sci., v....Pottsbury, S. S., 1935, The La Porte flora of Plumas County, California: Carnegie Inst. Washington Pub. 465...1951, The Webster-Addie ultramafic plug, Jackson County, North Carolina and secondary alteration of its...(An47-An49), white mica, chlorite, sphene, relict augite, secondary calcite and pumpellyite, epidote minerals
Book (edition)
Geological Institute 4220 King Street Alexandria, Virginia 22302 703/379-2480 Price: $75 printed $25 microfiche...the total of 4,284 new Terms were United States county and city Terms. Counties and Cities in the United...States Earlier editions had Terms such as Washington County and Portland for counties and cities of the United...for example: Washington County Arkansas and Portland Maine. Each new county Term can now autopost its...to counties was a major task. The scope of U.S. county and city Terms can now be clear even when they
Book
Planetary Sciences. He teaches chemistry and performs meteorite research, and is currently involved in creating...Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arkansas, USA CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York...sediments Potential meteorite parent bodies 2.1 Asteroids as potential meteorite parent bodies 2.2 Impact...Spectra of asteroids Distribution of asteroid and meteorite classes Texture of gas-rich regolith breccias...of hypothetical ejecta blanket Structure of a meteorite parent body Asteroids and their surfaces Fraction
Book
Planetary Sciences. He teaches chemistry and performs meteorite research, and is currently involved in creating...Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arkansas, USA CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York...sediments Potential meteorite parent bodies 2.1 Asteroids as potential meteorite parent bodies 2.2 Impact...Spectra of asteroids Distribution of asteroid and meteorite classes Texture of gas-rich regolith breccias...of hypothetical ejecta blanket Structure of a meteorite parent body Asteroids and their surfaces Fraction
Report (volume)
Bulletin nos. 26, 27; Museum Paper no. 7; County Report no. 1 (Clay County). Montgomery, Ala. Alberta, Scientific...Boletin de Minas, no. 7. Habana, Cuba. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 9, no....29. Chicago, 111. West Virginia Geological Survey: County Reports, Tucker County, Mineral and Grant Counties...S. 6. Geology and mineral resources of McLennan County: Texas, Univ., Bull, no. 2340, 202 pp., 10 figs... The geology and natural resources of Colorado County: Texas, Univ., Bull. no. 2333,163 pp., 7 figs.
Report (Issue volume)
the planet which our ancestors called Culmen, a meteorite, known to scientists under the name of Croix d’Honneur...end of him. Woe to the mortal on whose head the meteorite falls!” (p. 141-142). Les MystĂ©res de l'Infini...Maxwell House, Fairview Park Elmsford, N.Y. 10523 USA Teletype 137328 Pergamon Press, Ltd. Headington Hill...A. BAEDECKER, U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia 22092. A. Basu, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory...SPETTEL, and 3479 Contents, Volume COMPARATIVE Meteorite 3 PLANETOLOGY Studies Trace element evidence
 
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