| Locality type: | Meteorite Fall Location |
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| Species: | Chromite |
| Formula: | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Chromite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Limerick meteorite, Limerick County, Munster, Ireland |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1078917 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1078917:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 3610eb17-e0ea-42f1-bc5a-2f2c8b176f46 |
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| 33.1km (20.6 miles) | ⓘMooresfort meteorite, Tipperary County, Munster, Ireland |
| 78.2km (48.6 miles) | ⓘRoss Island, Lough Leane, Killarney, Kerry County, Munster, Ireland |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Oxford is 1839 grams. With a specimen of the meteorite sent to H. J. Brooke by G. B. Sowerby in 1848...him. I have ascertained that fragments of the meteorite exist at the present time in the following collections...various constituent minerals present ill the meteorite, the methods adopted by Mr. L. Fletcher 1 in the...could readily be determined in the ease of a meteorite free from rust when mercuric extraction was commenced...and all constituents except the silicates and chromite reduced to the metallic state. After forty-eight |  | | Book | | stacked to dry is used as a low-grade fuel in Ireland and elsewhere. Left undisturbed and subjected to...state. This is the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland. Below Resistant sills composed of immense masses...for example, in the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland and on the Island of Staffa in Scotland. They suggested...tons. The largest aerolite fell in 1948 in Norton County, Kansas, and weighed a ton. The greatest fall in...over 100 pounds, although a shower in 1813, near Limerick, Eire, totalled over 106 pounds. The largest siderite |  | | Book | | resulted, their recovery, and the history of meteorite studies since the time when it was established...1.1. Thunderstones and the Origins of Modern Meteorite Research 1.2. The Early Nineteenth Century 1.3...Minerals Meteorite Falls and Associated Phenomena 2.1 Introduction 2.2. Non-Crater-Forming Meteorite Falls...Falls 2.2.1. The Phenomena of Meteorite Falls 2.2.2. The Scatter Ellipse 2.2.3. Morphology and the Fusion...2.2.4. Meteorite Recovery 2.2.5. Terrestrial Ages of Meteorite Finds 2.3. Explosive Meteorite Craters |
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