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Plagioclase from
Vaca Muerta meteorite, Taltal, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Plagioclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Vaca Muerta meteorite, Taltal, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:841445
Long-form Identifier:1:3:841445:8
GUID (UUID V4):b52036bd-e6ba-49ff-b88f-1d292c8c9105
Nearest other occurrences of Plagioclase
78.0km (48.5 miles) Catalina 037 Meteorite, Taltal, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
multiple cosmic-ray exposure history of the Vaca Muerta mesosiderite Ken-ichi BAJO* and Keisuke NAGAO...silicate–metal mixture from the Vaca Muerta mesosiderite as well as pyroxene and plagioclase separated from the eucritic...thermal event, probably at the formation of the Vaca Muerta parent body (VMPB). The presence of fissiogenic...materials approximately 4 Gyr ago. The Vaca Muerta meteorite was excavated from the VMPB 140 Myr ago...Xe can be partially retained in pyroxene and plagioclase under the condition that resets the K-Ar system
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Identification of Calcite Grains in the Chelyabinsk Meteorite S. A. Voropaeva, V. S. Sevast’yanova, A. A. Eliseevb...23, 2013 Abstract—Samples of the Chelyabinsk meteorite fallen in February 15, 2013, near Chelyabinsk...determination of crystal chemical characteris tics of meteorite minerals at the microlevel. At the same time,...spectroscopy in general confirmed that the Chelyabinsk meteorite may be classified as silicate enriched ordinary...sodium feldspar represent ing aluminosilicate of plagioclase group (Fig. 2). This mineral is the end member
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
enstatite chondrite Eagle (EL6) and the mesosiderite Vaca Muerta. These experiments were performed with the aims...parent bodies within the asteroid belt. For Vaca Muerta we observe a reddening and darkening of the reflectance...goal of planetary studies. The identification of meteorite parent bodies is a subject strongly affected by...plausible link can be proposed between the given meteorite and the asteroid. A robust understanding of the...full range of plausible weathering outcomes and meteorite associations requires that space weathering experiments
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(1970) 214-220. NORTH-HOLLAND SERRA de MAGE: A METEORITE WITH AN UNUSUAL HISTORY Eugene A.CARVER and Edward...body, and then for -- 6 X The Serra de Magi meteorite is unusual in several respects . Although nominally...conditions, both the 2 preatmospheric radius of the meteorite and the original depth of the sample can be inferred...any meteorïte, even lower than Chase in the Vaca Muerta mesasíderite : ~ X lÛ~ ïn feldspar at~d (, ~...stage of the two-stage irradiation, because the meteorite was too small during the second stage to thermalize
Book
occasionally formed in metagabbro consisting mainly of plagioclase feldspar (albite), granite pegmatites and in...hands. At the Agua olgada quarry, Atacama Region, Chile, rutile is found in agmatite veinlets that contain...recently been reported from the Borborema pegmatitic province in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (Beurten et al...Agua Colgada quarry, Freirina, Atacama Region, Chile. Specimen is about 6 cm tall. RJL3431 Formation...L5; and the Vaca Muerta, Taltal, Atacama, Chile, mesosiderite. In the Vaca Muerta meteorite the rutile
Catalog/List
Front Cover: Gibeon mask — an incomparable iron meteorite (see lot 49079, page 62) Above: Foreground —...— the largest complete slice of the Abee meteorite (see lot 49116, page 90) Background — close-up of immense...solar system. It has been hypothesized that a meteorite not only led to the demise of the dinosaurs (providing...amino acids have been discovered in an Australian meteorite. How rare are meteorites? The entire mass of all...iron meteorites? The amount of nickel in an iron meteorite determines the type of crystalline pattern that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
microscopist, Gustav Tschermak, and the outstanding meteorite collection of that day, the Vienna collection...meteorites. Table 1 traces the development of meteorite mineralogy over the following seventy years. It...extracted sulfur with alcohol from the Cold Bokkeveld meteorite, and later investigators extracted it from other...(Whitlockite) Olivine Orthopyroxene Clinopyroxene Plagioclase Serpentine (Fe, Ni) (r'e, Ni) (,u C C SiC FegC...weathering. In 1955, therefore, to specializein meteorite mineralogy might well have beenconsideredthe refugeol
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
stony-iron meteorites, and the unique NWA 011/NWA 2976 meteorite (Yamaguchi et al., 2002; Greenwood et al., 2005...Furthermore, other MC-ICP-MS studies of bulk basaltic meteorite samples from the HED parent body (Wadhwa et al...gabbro and polymict basalt clast from the Vaca Muerta meteorite, respectively. The diogenite Bilanga and...pigeonite and augite set in fine-grained plagioclase. This meteorite has a texture indicating it has experienced... the 26Mg excess, which is used to calculate meteorite ages. We developed a new chemical separation procedure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
diffusivity and conductivity at room temperature for 38 meteorite samples of 36 different meteorites including mostly... which are important in the scale of typical meteorite samples. The effect of porosity may be even more...the density between S-type asteroids and their meteorite analogs to differ, while some micro porosity,...densities of asteroids with those of their assumed meteorite analogs yields porosity estimates for asteroids...well below the grain density of their likely meteorite analogs (Britt et al. 2002). Assuming fractures
Report (chapter)
History of the American Museum of Natural History meteorite collection DENTON S. EBEL Department of Earth...(e-mail: debel@amnh.org) Abstract: The core meteorite collection of the American Museum of Natural History...find underlying processes unifying disparate meteorite groups in a coherent story of the early solar...museums grew by acquisition of such collections. Meteorite science became important in its own right in concert...display. Finally, the rise of collection-based meteorite science is explored, with concomitant rise in
Report (issue)
Structural and compositional properties of iron meteorite groups ___________ The geochemical behavior of...ABBREVIATIONS The following abbreviations for the meteorite classes are used throughout the tables and elsewhere;...percent) ; all others (<0.01 percent). A list of meteorite minerals is provided, and a tabulation of elemental...(Mg,Fe,Ca)Si0 3 Diopside Ca(Mg,Fe)Si 2 0 6 Plagioclase (Na,Ca) (Al,Si)AlSi 2 0 8 (About 10 mole percent...Orthopyroxene, olivine, nickel-iron Pyroxene, plagioclase, nickel-iron Enstatite Hypersthene Olivine Olivine
Book
provide an introduction to meteorite science and a handbook on meteorite classification. Insofar as I...These chapters would have been useful chiefly to meteorite researchers looking for a quick summary of group...quantitative meteorite studies declined during 1970-1973 as a result of the diversion of meteorite researchers'...efforts to the study of lunar samples. The rate of meteorite research activity is now increasing as researchers...during the past decade regarding problems of meteorite origin and classification. A complete list would
Book
provide an introduction to meteorite science and a handbook on meteorite classification. Insofar as I...These chapters would have been useful chiefly to meteorite researchers looking for a quick summary of group...quantitative meteorite studies declined during 1970-1973 as a result of the diversion of meteorite researchers'...efforts to the study of lunar samples. The rate of meteorite research activity is now increasing as researchers...during the past decade regarding problems of meteorite origin and classification. A complete list would
Book (edition)
anorthite-wollastonite-silica albite-anorthite diopside-plagioclase KRUTTIVE ROCKS XVI FIG. 15. 16. Skeleton...hydrothermal veins. The group-name stitution series plagioclase between albite is and applied to the ionic...quite subordinate. To those sections of the plagioclase series which hold respectively from 10 to 30...bytownite have been attached. Some analyses of plagioclase feldspar, or of rocks containing it, have shown...that soda-anorthite must be contained in the plagioclase. The present writer found it necessary to make'
 
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