Locality type: | Meteorite Fall Location |
Classification |
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Species: | Merrillite |
Formula: | Ca9NaMg(PO4)7 |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Merrillite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Weekeroo Station meteorite, Weekeroo Station, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1211139 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1211139:0 |
GUID (UUID V4): | f1ee2baf-8e75-4b62-b04f-a82562502bf0 |
References |
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Ruzicka, A., Fowler, G. W., Snyder, G. A., Prinz, M., Papike, J. J., & Taylor, L. A. (1999). Petrogenesis of silicate inclusions in the Weekeroo Station IIE iron meteorite: Differentiation, remelting, and dynamic mixing. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 63(13), 2123-2143. |
Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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| Teplyakova, S. N., Lorenz, C. A., Ivanova, M. A., Kononkova, N. N., Anosova, M. O., Ryazantsev, K. M., Kostitsyn, Yu. A. (2018) Mineralogy of silicate inclusions in the Elga IIE iron meteorite. Geochemistry International, 56 (1) 1-23 doi:10.1134/s0016702918010081 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Mineralogy of Silicate Inclusions in the Elga IIE Iron Meteorite S. N. Teplyakova*, C. A. Lorenz, M. A. Ivanova...compositions of 15 silicate inclusions in the Elga iron meteorite (chemical group IIE) show that these inclusions...hypocrystalline texture formed mainly by Cr-diopside and merrillite crystals embedded in high-silica glass, whereas...have a fine-grained hypocrystalline texture. Merrillite appears first on the liquidus in the outer zones...silicate inclusions. Na and REE concentrations in merrillite from the outer zones of inclusions suggest that |
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