Locality type: | Meteorite Fall Location |
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Species: | Enstatite |
Formula: | Mg2Si2O6 |
Comments: | Usually as moderately large crystals up to 1 cm in size. Often contains trapped inclusions with diverse mineralogies |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Enstatite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Ilafegh 009 meteorite, Bordj Badji Mokhtar, Bordj Badji Mokhtar District, Bordj Badji Mokhtar Province, Algeria |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 888761 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:888761:0 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 2995e1a4-8520-4a61-95aa-68fa58ac48f1 |
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| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Mineralogy and crystallization history of the Ilafegh 009 EL-chondritic impact melt rock An ATEM investigation...February 4) ~ ~~ ~ ~~ Abstract-The Ilafegh 009 meteorite is an impact melt rock from an EL-chondritic...(ATEM) study of the major minerals of this meteorite (enstatite, plagioclase, Fe-Ni metal and sulfides)...microanalyses c o n f m that the mineralogy of Ilafegh 009 results from the crystallization of an EL-chondritic...fast cooling. During crystallization, the large enstatite grains trapped a large number of phases (plagioclase |
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