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Maghemite from
Hoba meteorite, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Maghemite
Formula:(Fe3+0.670.33)Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Maghemite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hoba meteorite, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1323379
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1323379:6
GUID (UUID V4):6f6ecaa8-fc93-45b2-8254-10dc67e0188a
Nearest other occurrences of Maghemite
46.0km (28.6 miles) Tsumeb Mine (Ongopolo Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
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oxidation products on the surface of the Hoba nickel-iron meteorite D. C. GOLDEN!, D. W. MING2 AND M. E...surface of the Hoba Ni-Fe meteorite was analyzed chemically and mineralogically. Maghemite, magnetite, goethite...oxide layer surrounding Hoba. Most of the Ni from the unweathered original meteorite was distributed among...among the above minerals with spinel-type oxides (maghemite and magnetite) having the largest Ni fraction...Some Ni migrated to the limestone in which the meteorite is embedded. No evidence for zaratite or akaganeite
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Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central Namib Desertand...Copper Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz and the Diamonds 44 49 241 254 272 275... Encyclopedia of the Mineralsof Namibia 443 Meteorites in Namibia Bibliography Index Photo credits...__ Republic of Namibia The President State House W°Ntdhoek FOREWORD Namibia is endowed with an...from near and far. Fine mineral specimen from Namibia are displayed in all the famous natural science
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Stones from the Sky 17 3 Astronomical 27 4 Meteorite Flight, Falls, and Impacts 37 5 The Morphology...Possible Primitive Life 213 Forms 5 CONTENTS 18 Meteorite Ages and Isotopic Studies 219 19 The Origin... Illustrations PLATES PAGE The fall of the Sikhot-Alin Meteorite (Academy of Sciences of the USSR) 45 The re-entry...Schwarz) 49 The World's largest single meteorite mass-the Hoba meteorite, South West Africa (American Museum...recovery site (V. F. Buchwald, the finder) 57 A meteorite mass (iron) on display in Outer Mongolia (New
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Appendices, References PUBLISH ED FOR THE CENTER FOR METEORITE STUDIES, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY BY THE UNIVERSITY...Poems, London,l803 PREFACE The Center for Meteorite Studies is pleased to have the opportunity to...work. As a part of his travels the Center for Meteorite Studies is proud to acknowledge the year he spent...teaching about the meteorites in the Nininger Meteorite Collection. This set of books is the most comprehensive... Foremost certainly as far as the Center for Meteorite Studies is concerned is Herbert G. Fales whose
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Importance 90 Definitions 91 Fall phenomena 91 Kirin meteorite shower 93 Classification, internal structure...features 107 Abundance 109 Antarctic meteorites 110 Meteorite ages 111 Formation interval 111 Formation age...modification 129 Criteria for identification of meteorite impact craters 130 General 130 Shock metamorphism...generally accepted as having been formed by a meteorite impact. It was here that coesite (a high density...transient high-pressure shock wave — e.g., froma meteorite impact. Evidence of shock metamorphism is now
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postulated again a development of metallurgy in a region in eastern Anatolia and northern Iraq, from where...mountain range in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan) this region is the so-called Tethyan Eurasian metallogenic...disregarded, such as, e.g. in the deposits of Tsumeb in Namibia or those in Chile, from where it has become world... can be considered a highly frequented transit region between Anatolia, the Caucasus and Iran on the...millennium and about 3000 BC suggests that this region had also a position as a major innovation centre
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Mattson CRYSTAL FORM AND STRUCTURE/Cecil /. Schneer METEORITE CRATERS/C. J. H. McCall 01111111m1111111111...Papers in Geology/ 36 A BENCHMARK ® Books Series METEORITE CRATERS G. J. Edited by H. MCCALL Senior Consultant...under title: Meteorite craters. (Benchmark papers in geology; 36) Includes indexes. 1. Meteorite craters-Addresses...under title: Meteorite craters. (Benchmark papers in geology; 36) Includes indexes. 1. Meteorite craters-Addresses...actual scars on the surface of the earth, of meteorite strikes? If we accept that the impact of meteorites
 
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