| Locality type: | Meteorite Fall Location |
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| Species: | Iron |
| Formula: | Fe |
| Comments: | Kamacite and taenite are usually intergrown. |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Iron data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Alta'ameem meteorite, Daquq District, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1013526 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1013526:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | ac52a596-5828-46c2-9399-f03b0982f8b9 |
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| 58.3km (36.2 miles) | ⓘHamrin Mountains, Hawija District, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE MINERALOGY AND CHEMISTRY OF THE ALTA'AMEEM METEORITE Khaldoun S. AI-Bassam Department of Geochemistry...and Mineral Investigation Alwiya, Baghdad, Iraq The Alta'ameem hypersthene chondrite is a light gray brecciated...brecciated and metamorphosed meteorite composed mainly of olivine (27% Fa), orthopyroxene (24.5% Fs) and...mineralogical and chemical analyses suggest that the Alta'ameem meteorite belongs to the amphoterite group of chondrites...47, Cr203 0.45; total 99.18. INTRODUCTION The meteorite fell at 10:30 a.m. on August 20, 1977 near the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | large, the meteorite density database is still incomplete. Historical measurements of meteorite densities...bell jar (e.g.,Mason and Wiik, 1961). Typically, meteorite densities have not been determined with a classical...al., 1998) determined the bulk densities of 89 meteorite samples (weights ranging from 17.5 to 1936 g)...small ball-bearing or glass marble instead of a meteorite sample. The volume of the ballbearing (V,) was...method decreases. However, we did not measure any meteorite samples below 4 g; Fig. 2 shows no obvious correlation |
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