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Enstatite from
Happy Canyon meteorite, Armstrong County, Texas, USA


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Enstatite
Formula:Mg2Si2O6
Comments:Fa 0.4% according to Olsen et al., (1976); McCoy et al.,(1995) find that the fine-grained lithology (30 vol% of the meteorite) consists of ~90% enstatite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
EL6/7 chondrite meteoriteā“˜1 photo of Enstatite associated with EL6/7 chondrite meteorite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Enstatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Happy Canyon meteorite, Armstrong County, Texas, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:807808
Long-form Identifier:1:3:807808:7
GUID (UUID V4):8321e906-cc68-435e-ac1c-0c563dd037b7
Nearest other occurrences of Enstatite
32.2km (20.0 miles) ā“˜Tulia (A) meteorite, Swisher County, Texas, USA
52.9km (32.9 miles) ā“˜Umbarger meteorite, Randall County, Texas, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
HAPPY CANYON: A NEW TYPE OF ENSTATITE ACHONDRITE Edward J. Olsen Field Museum of Natural History Chicago...Glenn I Huss American Meteorite Laboratory Box 2098 Denver, CO 80201 Happy Canyon [found: 1971, 34Ā°46...34Ā°46.5'N, 101Ā°33.6'W, Texas] consists of about 85 vol. % enstatite (Fs 0.4%), 5 to 10 vol % plagioclase (An...weathering. The meteorite has a cumulate texture, uniform-size euhedral, prismatic crystals of enstatite (0.3 to...plagioclase, diopside, troilite, and metal: The enstatite crystals are dominantly disordered and occur in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
volatile depletion and genetic relationships in enstatite chondrites and aubrites inferred from Zn isotopes...Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA b Laboratoire de MineĢralogie et de Cosmochimie du...October 2010 Abstract Enstatite meteorites include the undiļ¬€erentiated enstatite chondrites and the diļ¬€erentiated...diļ¬€erentiated enstatite achondrites (aubrites). They are the most reduced group of all meteorites. The...The oxygen isotope compositions of both enstatite chondrites and aubrites plot along the terrestrial mass
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at http://meteoritics.org The Zakā‰„odzie enstatite meteorite: Mineralogy, petrology, origin, and classification...accepted 21 January 2005) Abstractā€“The Zakā‰„odzie meteorite was found in September 1998, about 40 km west...images, and X-ray diffraction data show that the meteorite is composed of clino- and orthoenstatite, two...Thus, the Zakā‰„odzie meteorite formed by the nearly complete melting of an enstatite chondrite protolith...The structure, composition, and origin of the meteorite and its relation to the parent rock indicate that
 
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