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Enstatite from
Yilmia meteorite, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Enstatite
Formula:Mg2Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Enstatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Yilmia meteorite, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:883185
Long-form Identifier:1:3:883185:9
GUID (UUID V4):8a587ac6-732e-499a-be77-a7a3b09e02ff
Nearest other occurrences of Enstatite
84.7km (52.6 miles) Cowarna Rocks Ni prospect, Cowarna Downs Station, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
87.7km (54.5 miles) Pioneer JH prospect, Norseman, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE YILMIA ENSTATITE CHONDRITE Peter R. Buseck and Edward F. Holdsworth Arizona...State University Tempe, Arizona 85281 Yilmia, a new enstatite chondrite contains moderately well defined...radiating and granular chondrules. The plagioclase to enstatite ratio is appreciably higher within than outside...chondrules or surrounding matrix. Major phases include enstatite, plagioclase (Ab 8o An 16 Or4), silica, silicon-rich...mineralogy and texture this is a type II (E6) enstatite chondrite.that is transitional toward the intermediate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Yilmia enstatite chondrite. M eteoritics, 7, 429-447, The Yilmia meteorite, W. Australia, contains...occurring with bat guano in Murra-el-elevyn cave, W. Australia, A partial analysis by P. Hewson gave P"ou 51
Book (volume)
the stony meteorites, but in the highly reduced enstatite chondrites, it is largely Gmelln Handbook Mn Main...for ordinary chondrites; 4000 [2, p. 44] for enstatite chondrites; 2200 [2, p. 44] for achendrite (Norton...range and mean of Mn content in individual stone meteorite classes, refer also to [46]. Gmelin Handbock Mn...average weighted Mn content in individual stone meteorite classes (accompanied by a discussion of the results...mean Mn content for the individual parts of a meteorite is given as 300 ppm for the pure meta! (nickel-iron)
 
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