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Diopside from
Rumuruti meteorite, Laikipia County, Kenya


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Comments:Found in a number of Ca,Al-rich inclusions
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rumuruti meteorite, Laikipia County, Kenya
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:886229
Long-form Identifier:1:3:886229:7
GUID (UUID V4):20f240ff-1dc4-4004-b1c1-5fbf99912da8
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Reports 275 Mineralogy and chemistry of Rumuruti: The frst meteorite fall of the new R chondrite group H...AtWtract-The R u m d mcteOrite shower fell in Rumuruti, Kenya, on 1934 January 28 at 10:45 p.m R u m d is...chondrite breccia. The most abundant phase of Rumuruti is olivine (mostly Fa-39) with about 70 ~01%....e Pt, Ir, and Au. The chemical composition of Rumuruti is chondritic. The depletion in r e h d o y elements...distinguish Rumuruti from carbonaceouschondrites. However. S. Se. and Zn contentsin Rumuruti are si&cantly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
http://meteoritics.org Ca,Al-rich inclusions in Rumuruti (R) chondrites Surya Snata ROUT and Addi BISCHOFF...2007; revision accepted 29 March 2008) Abstract–Rumuruti chondrites (R chondrites) constitute a well-characterized...search for and analysis of Al-rich objects in Rumuruti chondrites. We studied 20 R chondrites and found...(3) complex spinel-rich CAIs (53), (4) complex diopside-rich inclusions, (5) Al-rich chondrules, and (6)...Kallemeyn et al. 1996). They are named after the Rumuruti meteorite, the first and so far the only R-chondrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
homepage: www.elsevier.de/chemer Invited review The Rumuruti chondrite group Addi Bischoff a,∗ , Nadia Vogel...October 2010 Accepted 20 February 2011 Keywords: Rumuruti R chondrites R chondrite mineralogy Noble gases...Al-rich inclusions a b s t r a c t Since 1994, the Rumuruti (R) chondrites have been recognized as a new,...(December, 2010). This group is named after the Rumuruti meteorite, the first and so far the only R chondrite...∼2.7 for R chondrites is the highest among all meteorite groups, and the mean oxygen isotope composition
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chemical compositions of Al-rich objects from Rumuruti (R) chondrites: Implications for their origin...the Solar Nebula and the early solar system. The Rumuruti (R) chondrites, formerly called the ‘‘Carlisle...Weisberg et al., 1991), are named after the Rumuruti meteorite, the first, and so far only R chondrite fall;...abundance of olivine, and high D17O of  2.7% (Rumuruti proper has the highest D17O of 2.88%) (Schulze...standards. These are jadeite (Na), sanidine (K), diopside (Ca), apatite (P), V-metal (V), kyanite (Al),
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
related by partial melting processes to established meteorite groups. Magma with a GRA 06128/9-like composition...Gardner-Vandy et al. (2013, 2014) proposed that Rumuruti (R) chondrites are potential analogs for GRA 06128/9’s...at the Smithsonian Institution from the same meteorite chip (LAP 03639,17) and another chip (LAP 03639...Fluorine-bearing apatite, NIST K412 glass, and DJ35 diopside-jadiete glass. At SI, the standards used were...Mineral (USNM) 111312/444; olivine, Springwater meteorite United States National Mineral USNM 2566, Fayalite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sharp, but irregular interfaces with the host meteorite and have characteristics which suggest that formed...from hot deserts. The 26AI concentration in a meteorite depends upon different parameter like the exposure...analyzed sample and the terrestrial age of the meteorite. Our data contributes to the understanding of...production rate characteristic for the corresponding meteorite class. We do not find extremely low 26AI concentrations...order to reconstruct the irradiation history of a meteorite in detail, it is essential to analyze other cosmogenic
 
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