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Enstatite from
Mount Egerton meteorite, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Enstatite
Formula:Mg2Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Kamacite1 photo of Enstatite associated with Kamacite at this locality.
Taenite1 photo of Enstatite associated with Taenite at this locality.
Anomalous aubrite meteorite1 photo of Enstatite associated with Anomalous aubrite meteorite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Enstatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Egerton meteorite, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:147368
Long-form Identifier:1:3:147368:1
GUID (UUID V4):59709a07-e8cd-488b-ad98-279957ddec9a
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1965 No. 270 A meteorite of unique type from Western Australia: The Mount Egerton stony-iron By G....University of Western Australia, Geology Department, Honorary Associate of the Western Australian Museum...Museum [Read 14 January 1965] Summary. A unique meteorite, the existence of which has been known since 1941...not dissimilar from that of the unbreeciated enstatite-achondrite of Shallowater, Texas, U.S.A., and...listed b y Prior and Hey (1953) are four from Western Australia t h a t in late 1962 (when work was commenced
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Northern Ireland Some characteristicrt of enstatite from enstatite achondritea ARCH M. REID Department of...(Received 2 Novetier 1965) &&&-The nine known enstatite aohondritemeteorites contain very similax mineral...abnormally low content of iron. Luminescenoeof the enstatite is apparently allowed by the low iron content...Deformation has resultedin the oonversionof some enstatite to alinoenstatiteand may also be responsible for...disorderedenetatite. EIG~ meteorite falls and one find have been classified as enstatite achondrites (Table
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Metal–silicate silicon isotope fractionation in enstatite meteorites and constraints on Earth's core formation...silicon isotope fractionation metal silicate enstatite meteorite Bulk Silicate Earth Earth's core formation...fractionation between metal and silicate in metal-rich enstatite meteorites as an analogue for Earth's differentiation...Si in silicate in the aubrites (enstatite achondrites) Mount Egerton and Norton County. The meteorites...meteorites are believed to have derived from enstatite chondrites by melting and thermal metamorphism with final
Report (chapter)
University Library on June 30, 2015 The Western Australian Museum meteorite collection A.W.R. B E V A N Department...Planetary Sciences, Western Australian Museum, Francis Street, Perth, WA 6000, Australia (e-mail: bevana@museum...Abstract: The first meteorites recovered from Western Australia were a number of irons, the earliest of which...1954 and is retained in the collection of the Western Australian Museum. Despite a sparse population...contributed to the excellent record of meteorite recovery in Western Australia. Primarily, large regions of arid
Book
Formerly Reader in Geology at the University of Western Australia David & Charles: Newton Abbot ISBN 0 7153...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
 
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