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Moissanite from
Outer Space


Locality type:Deep Space
Classification
Species:Moissanite
Formula:SiC
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Moissanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Outer Space
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:672136
Long-form Identifier:1:3:672136:7
GUID (UUID V4):52824946-5d82-4d34-96e4-f3ebcf1c6100
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during the recondensation of ejecta vapor, by space weathering, during the formation period of the solar...temperature was higher than in the upper and the outer area. In China, in the 9–8th c. BC, chimneys on...85], although these seem to be restricted to the outer zones [66]. Toasted quartz (22–30 GPa) and diaplectic...terrestrial planets, and high-velocity impacts (in space and on Earth) produce convergent results in materials...corresponding to FeSi2 , is found trapped in natural moissanite (SiC) grains from the Mir kimberlite pipe sites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
counterparts . . . new mineral species from outer space. These are: 0 2 2 f i 2 3 2 4 4 2 4...is a colorless, vitreous mineral. Amorphous. MOISSANITE — S i C , it is a green colored mineral occurring
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
factors: firstly, the greatly increased interest in outer space, and an appreciation of the significance of meteorites...condensate of a primordial "smoke" which formed in the outer cold part of the ancestral solar nebula. MINOR AND...my 1967 paper I discredited the occurrence of moissanite and gold as mineral species in meteorites. I...I ascribed the identification of moissanite (silicon carbide) in the Canyon Diablo iron to the introduction...generous grants from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Smithsonian Research Foundation
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by Brazil-law twinning • Record-size natural moissanite crystals discovered in Israel • Unusual optical...lucrative, shows a manmade pit—visible from outer space—that covers approximately 520,000 square meters...open pit, a gigantic manmade hole visible from outer space (figure 14). Jwaneng—whose name means “place...thickness and hue angle of sample 2 in the CIELAB color space under the CIE standard illuminant A at a color temperature...angle change of the blue amber in the CIELAB color space under the CIE NOTES & NEW TECHNIQUES TABLE 1.
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hydrocarbons Iron - metallic Iron - oxide (magnetite) Moissanite Quartz Enstatite Garnet Saslaw and Goustad,...era does not mean per se that they come from outer space, since terrestrial sources must be considered...Alfven, 1971. Fractionnation and condensation in space. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 10, 233-267. Azais, H...Orionid and Leonid meteor showers. J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics. 75,859-870. Finkelman, R.B., 1970. Magnetic
Book (edition)
~1200km and is solid, composed primarily of iron. The outer core extends 2250km beyond this to a radius of ~3450km...Upper mantle 35-660 Lower mantle 660-2890 Core Outer core Inner core , 2890-6378 2890-5100 5100-6378...motions and interactions of tiny atoms in empty space. Early in the nineteenth century John Dalton postulated...are actually two-dimensional in a plane fixed in space, whereas electron orbits are three-dimensional shapes...electrons. For the first two elements this shell is the outer shell. Helium, the element with two electrons, has
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example of so nlllch beauty lavished in so small space as the opal. The ancieuts esteemed it a very precious...◄ Meteorites, those frequent visitors from outer space, occasionally become naturalized citizens of...the sun and that they are cold, solid bodies in space, differing from their bigger brothers, ,neteors...These n1inerals are Maeskelynite, Schreibersite, Moissanite, Daubriel•· ite and Oldhamite. Says Garrett P...to be diamonds, but were later identified as Moissanite, a carbon nearly as hard as diamond. 11oisS&n
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borderline field par excellence. As objects in outer space meteorites are the concern of the astronomers...topes produced by cosmic-rav bombardment in outer space which are of significant interest to the nuclear...solid body which has arrived on the Earth from outer space. tons. Its size can range from microscopic to...but different from anything that occurs in the outer shell of our planet; and this material has just...astronautical problems such as the de¬ sign of “space ships” and the problems of re-entry into the Earth’s
Book (edition)
charms Millenium cut Minerals Misnomers Mohs scale Moissanite Moulds Mounting Mozambique Nacre Namibia 315...Zircon, the effect can also be seen in Calcite and Moissanite (a man-made gemstone that is sold as a replacement...with Earth’s rock to create one of the few outof-space gems. Black Diamonds are rarely strictly black,...advertise man-made gems such as Cubic Zirconia and Moissanite and measure their weight with carats! This is...other groups of crystals start to grow in the same space, they stunt each other’s growth and prevent them
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the Earth is part of the chemical evolu­ tion of Space. Modern cosmochemical and geo­ chemical data reveal...Radioactivity of the Earth 87 The Birth of Atoms in Space 97 Chemical Evolution of the Protoplanetary Material...natural systems. In forming chemical compounds the outer layer in most of the atoms is constituted by electrons...atoms or ions. Dep­ ending on the composition of an outer electron shell one can distinguish four basic types...atoms: inert gases with eight electrons in the outer layer. To this type belong atoms of inert gases:
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within large crystals of quartz), but when the outer layers are split open they reveal patterns that...manufactured at great cost for use in the windows of space craft, because it can filter out harmful cosmic...inside the alexandrite crystal. FACT ALEXANDRITE IN SPACE Man-made alexandrite is not often produced because...quantities for use in lasers and in the windows of space craft and satellites. Normally, the Earth's atmosphere...ultra-violet light, cosmic rays and other beams. But in space there is no such protection because there is no
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interest in the problems related to interplanetary space has resulted in a strong and essential interest...and the meteoric matter present in interplanetary space regardless of its nature mician and origin. As... were dealing "with material planet and cosmic space and bolides fall of meteorites, exchange between...calculates the orbital elements and, lastly, The space. of meteoric bodies in interplanetary that the range...interaction between the Earth and interplanetary space surrounding it and determines the place meteorites
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which are yet the only tangible evidence of the outer space into which man is just beginning to venture....interesting rocks. They come to the earth from outer space, presenting intriguing problems as to their origin...Superheated water is forced under pressure down the outer pipe, melting the sulfur. Hot compressed air is...monoxide; and an invisible outer zone of air, moisture, and carbon dioxide. This hot outer part of the flame is...shell, ending with argon (Fig. 4). After that, the outer shell is expanded to accommodate additional electrons;'
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which are yet the only tangible evidence of the outer space into which man is just beginning to venture....especiallyinteresting rocks. They come to the earth from outer space, presenting intriguing problems as to their origin...Superheated water is forced W1derpressure down the outer pipe, melting the sulphur. Hot compressed air is...monoxide; and an invisible outer zone of air, moisture, and carbon dioxide. This hot outer part of the flame is...shell, ending with argon (Fig. 5). After that, the outer shell is expanded to accommodate additional electrons;
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978-0-521-51418-7 14. Titan: Interior, Surface, Atmosphere, and Space Environment Edited by Müller-Wodarg, Griffith, Lellouch...Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry 3.1 Crystal Systems and Space Groups 3.2 Miller Indices 3.3 Chemical Bonding 3...Meteorites 11.5.12 Martian Meteorites 11.5.13 Earth 11.6 Space Weathering 254 254 254 254 254 257 260 261 262...declared in 1704 in Opticks that interplanetary space was devoid of small solid objects: “. . .to make...and Comets.” Newton’s views on the barrenness of space were similar to those of Aristotle and were widely
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Trigo-Rodriguez, Campus UAB Bellaterra, Institute of Space Sciences, Barcelona, Spain Natalia Bezaeva, Moscow...these cosmic bodies under high-velocity impacts in space or on the Earth’s surface. Sources of unusual polycrystalline...where rocks crushed and re-melted by large falling space bodies, cover extensive areas, particularly in large...observations as well as aerial photography and space image deciphering enable to regard the Popigai crater...(3) annual (ring) trough or depression, and (4) outer terrace-like surface of deformed sediments, inclined
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Many specimens can be stored neatly in a small space. 16 deep on the bottom; then the heaviest and...standard brilliant cut or step cut. 25 Girdle. The outer edge of a faceted gem. Sometimes it, too, is covered...A hollow, rounded nodule of rock containing an outer shell (like a melon) and an inner lining or filling...usually when open space is provided in the rocks. Crystals are grouped into 6 systems, 14 space lattices, 32...32 classes or point groups, and 230 space groups. Acute. Sharply pointed. Albite twin. A triclinic twin
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Many specimens can be stored neatly in a small space. 16 deep on the bottom; then the heaviest and...standard brilÂŹ liant cut or step cut. 25 Girdle. The outer edge of a faceted gem. Sometimes it, too, is covered...A hollow, rounded nodule of rock containing an outer shell (like a melon) and an inner lining or filling...usually when open space is provided in the rocks. Crystals are grouped into 6 systems, 14 space lattices, 32...32 classes or point groups, and 230 space groups. Acute. Sharply pointed. Albite twin. A triclinic twin
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Many specimens can be stored neatly in a small space. 16 deep on the bottom; then the heaviest and...bril- liant cut or step cut. 25 Girdle. is The outer edge of a faceted gem. Sometimes covered with Grain...a hollow, rounded nodule of rock containing an outer melon) and an inner lining or filling of mineral...Crystals are formed from velop as crystals open space when solution, fusion, or vapor. Minerals de-...into 6 systems, 14 space lattices, 32 classes or point groups, and 230 is space groups. Acute. Sharply
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crust. In time it became clear that the concentric outer geospheres can be subdivided into additional subzones...minerals is taken up by their oxygen atoms. The space between the oxygens accommodates metal cations [silicon...to the easily demonstrated oxygen content of the outer layers of Earth, which diminishes with depth, as...determinations are available are made between the Sun, the outer geospheres of the Earth, the Moon, and the composition...types. Thus it is that the actual occurrence in space of carbonaceous chondrites is greater by a large
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hostile lunar landscape, the lifeless black void of space, and our enticing marbled white-on-blue home. From...minerals, rocks, and life in their vast epics of space and time; they will reappear in the following pages...Bang is the place to start. In the beginning, all space and energy and matter came into existence from an...Swiftly the universe expanded, though not into space or anything else outside it (there is no outside...cosmic novelty ensued. These fractured bodies seeded space with the elements they had created. BIRTH II
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resumption of the US manned space program in the form of the reusable Space Shuttle, it is appropriate... by sending all those billions of dollars into space. Was the mammoth Apollo effort simply a pointless...those questions that were posed long before the space program began, but to show how much more we have...orbit, unlike the Earth’s, is not firmly fixed in space and its apparent path across the sky is therefore...1.7). But, as the Moon’s orbit is not fixed in space, the points in the sky where the Moon’s path crosses
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Sun 40. Kepler's Laws 40. Orbital Elements 42. Space Near Our Home Planet 42. Planetary and Lunar Studies...are referred to that constellation. However, in space if for simplicity the borders of the constellations... Some of the stars in a given constellation in space are farther from their neighbours in the constellation...of a star in the sky, not about its position in space. To an observer the sky appears to be a ball or...sky changes as a result of their own movement in space and also as a result of the movement of us, observers
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University of Oxford, UK K. Righter NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA J. G. Ryan University...alloys at pressures corresponding to the inner— outer core boundary. The coexistence of liquid and solid...be too dense compared to seismically estimated outer-core densities, instigating speculation regarding...provide the energy necessary to maintain a liquid outer core and to drive the geodynamo that creates Earth’s...seismic wave propagation by Oldham in 1906 with the outer boundary of the core accurately located at a depth
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perhaps received less than their fair share of space; I encourage workers in those regions to recount...glowed white with heat like the metal strips in a space heater. The most famous photograph of scientist...rapidly chilled in cold water, which caused the outer portions of the iron to solidify almost instantly...carbide has subsequently been given the name moissanite, to honor the man who first inadvertently made...No one knew their exact size or how they filled space to make reality. But with the invention of x-ray
 
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