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Forsterite from
Alais meteorite, Alès, Alès, Gard, Occitanie, France


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Forsterite
Formula:Mg2SiO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Forsterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alais meteorite, Alès, Alès, Gard, Occitanie, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:859795
Long-form Identifier:1:3:859795:3
GUID (UUID V4):4a2e32d0-0734-4e7c-9745-fb6b052b5fac
Nearest other occurrences of Forsterite
74.4km (46.2 miles) Col de l'Escrinet, Saint-Priest, Privas, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
78.4km (48.7 miles) Le Combier, Alissas, Privas, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
86.0km (53.4 miles) Lapanouse-de-Sévérac slag locality, Sévérac-d'Aveyron, Rodez, Aveyron, Occitanie, France
91.2km (56.7 miles) Aubres meteorite, Aubres, Nyons, Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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fine-grained Alais and Orgueil matrix material show a narrow band in the Alais meteorite matrix (Fig....trending, but more scattered, band in the Orgueil meteorite matrix (Fig. 2B) (Mackinnon and Kaser 1988). The... But, coarser matrix compositions in the Tonk, Alais, Orgueil, and Ivuna CI chondrite meteorites (McSween...very fine-grained, low-Mg Fe-Si, compositions of Alais and Orgueil matrix (Figs. 2A and 2B) resemble some...fine-grained layer silicate matrix compositions in the Alais (A) and Orgueil (B) meteorites (Mackinnon and Kaser
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1769–1794 (2014) doi: 10.1111/maps.12351 The Orgueil meteorite: 150 years of history Matthieu GOUNELLE1,2*and...Paris, France 2 Institut Universitaire de France, 103 boulevard Saint-Michel, 75005 Paris, France 3 Astromaterials...very special meteorite. The Orgueil meteorite fell near Montauban in southwestern France on May 14, 1864...size of the full Moon, was seen across Western France, and almost immediately made the news in local...contents, and noted similarities with the Alais meteorite, which had fallen in 1806, 300 km away. While
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obtain a panorama of the scope and substance of meteorite research. I endeavored to remedy this situation...not exhaustively discussed—the great upsurge in meteorite research along many new lines in recent years...and conservation of meteoritic material. Every meteorite is to some degree unique; and meteorites, unlike...I not been favored bv the curatorship of the meteorite collection of The American Museum of Natural History...Chicago Natural History Museum, the Nininger Meteorite Collection (Arizona State University, Tempe),
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CNRS Aix-Marseille University, Aix en Provence, France. mail : aboulahris@cerege.fr . 3Université de Tunis...Science Tunis, Tunisia, 4 Meteorite Laboratory Lehmweg Gifhorn, Germany, 5 Meteorite Recon Mühlendamm Hamburg...calculation of meteorite flux is possible [4]. Following previous estimation of meteorite flux based on...structures in the alluvial fan, or the result of a meteorite shower. Their age, whatever the event is, is very...ANALYSIS (INAA) FOR ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION OF FRESH METEORITE FALL IN ORISSA, INDIA (2003). B. Adur, H.B. Mali
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Professor of Chemistry and Geology Director, Nininger Meteorite Collection Arizona State University JOHN WILEY...Chemistry and Geology, Director of: the Nininger Meteorite Collection, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona...announced the transfer of the outstanding Nininger Meteorite Collection to Arizona State University. Throughethe...the National Science Foundation, the Nininger Meteorite Collection was established primarily for purposes...(minerals The of meteorites) relationship of and meteorite Moore (achondrites), studies to the Earth
 
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