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Plessite from
Willamette meteorite, West Linn, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:'Plessite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Plessite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Willamette meteorite, West Linn, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:904586
Long-form Identifier:1:3:904586:6
GUID (UUID V4):297fd2f2-c161-4f58-8ba6-ce728abbc802
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1111/maps.12569 Shock effects in the Willamette ungrouped iron meteorite Alan E. RUBIN1,2*, John P. BREEN3...California, Los Angeles, California 90095–1567, USA 2 Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics,...California, Los Angeles, California 90095–1567, USA 3 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University...90095–1567, USA 4 Macovich Collection of Meteorites, New York City, New York 10036, USA * Corresponding...accepted 18 September 2015) Abstract–A slab of the Willamette ungrouped iron contains elongated troilite nodules
Book (volume)
Appendices, References PUBLISH ED FOR THE CENTER FOR METEORITE STUDIES, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY BY THE UNIVERSITY...Poems, London,l803 PREFACE The Center for Meteorite Studies is pleased to have the opportunity to...work. As a part of his travels the Center for Meteorite Studies is proud to acknowledge the year he spent...teaching about the meteorites in the Nininger Meteorite Collection. This set of books is the most comprehensive... Foremost certainly as far as the Center for Meteorite Studies is concerned is Herbert G. Fales whose
Book (volume)
Zerhamra Supplement PUBLISHED FOR THE CENTER FOR METEORITE STUDIES , ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY BY T HE UNIVERSITY...and Ablation 30 Sound Phenomena 31 Chapter 4 - Meteorite Craters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0...Data on Meteors, Fireballs and Meteorites 15 The Meteorite Fall 19 Factors Affecting Penetration Characteristics...Components of Iron Meteorites Kamacite 87 Taenite 92 Plessite 95 The Unequilibrated a 2 Structure 99 Massive...Structures 131 Concluding Remarks 136 Chapter 12 - Meteorite Ages . . . . . . . . . .... .... 137 Nucleosynthesis
Catalog/List
Formation Dana Quarry, Ten Sleep, Washakie County, Wyoming, USA Estimate: $2,800,000 + Starting Bid: $2...horridus Cretaceous Hell Creek formation, Harding County, South Dakota Estimate: $700,000 + Starting Bid:...Natural History is the historic Willamette meteorite. This iconic 15 ton meteorite has been on display at the...the 29.5 pound crown of the Willamette meteorite – the only cut of Willamette that was ever made, and the...the only specimen of Willamette available for auction to the public. The Willamette crown is but one of
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...alike. Meteorites are named after the closest city, county or geological feature in proximity to the place...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
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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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Meteorites and Meteorite Hunters O. Richard Norton Illustrated by Dorothy S. Norton Mountain Press...O. Richard. Rocks from space : meteorites and meteorite hunters / O. Richard Norton ; illustrated by Dorothy...Meteorites 5. Meteorite Showers 6. Two Great Siberian Meteorite Falls 7. America's Great Meteorite Crater 8...Ill 131 Part ll - what is a Meteorite? 9. How to Recognize a Meteorite 10. Chondrites-The Common Stony...Mantles of Planets 157 175 201 215 235 Part ill - Meteorite Hunters 14. The Great Meteorites—Their Discovery
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
classification. TEMJEDS investigation of the meteorite has established that many of the phyllosilicates...sedimentary dolomites. Y82042 appears to be a unique meteorite in possessing significant amounts of both calcite...sub-rounded aggregates) formed prior to assembly of the meteorite, which is consistent with gentle compaction. The...emplacement, concurrent with cementation of the meteorite constituents by further, minor serpentinization...ureilites (Berkley et ai., 1986). The origin of this meteorite (and ureilites in general) is controversial, opinion
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Stones from the Sky 17 3 Astronomical 27 4 Meteorite Flight, Falls, and Impacts 37 5 The Morphology...Possible Primitive Life 213 Forms 5 CONTENTS 18 Meteorite Ages and Isotopic Studies 219 19 The Origin... Illustrations PLATES PAGE The fall of the Sikhot-Alin Meteorite (Academy of Sciences of the USSR) 45 The re-entry...The World's largest single meteorite mass-the Hoba meteorite, South West Africa (American Museum of Natural...recovery site (V. F. Buchwald, the finder) 57 A meteorite mass (iron) on display in Outer Mongolia (New
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east but occasionally changing direction and moving west for several weeks before stopping and resuming their...past decade. More discoveries will follow as meteorite hunters (scientists and amateurs) continue to...geologist for the Deschutes National Forest in central Oregon and an expert in igneous petrology and mineralogy...assistance of many people. Scientists, collectors, meteorite dealers and hunters the world over responded enthusiastically...to the subject and a field guide to specific meteorite types. Lastly and certainly not least of all we
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METEORITICS H . H . Nininger DIRECTOR , AMERICAN METEORITE MUSEUM The University of Denver Press Science...RELATIONS THE PLAINVIEW METEORITE SHOWER THE KIOWA COUNTY METEORITES METEORITE CRATERS A COMPOSITE SWARM...METEORITES AND THE MOON 280 TEKTITES 297 GREAT METEORITE COLLECTIONS 309 PROPOSED NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF...accumulation of materials and field data , the meteorite - minded layman will continue to play a most im...meteor or who shall plow up the long - buried meteorite . Instruc tion of the general public in the art
Catalog/List
slopes, Ilimaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kitaa Province, West Greenland This attractive little freeform contains...inches (10.8 x 7.6 x 5.1 cm), it hails from Grant County, New Mexico and bursts into vivid life under shortwave...Calcite crystals, from the Ophir Hill Mine in Tooele County, Utah. The patch of Calcite fluoresces with its...SPHALERITE Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA From the world-famous Elmwood Mine comes this classic...AMETHYST Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes Co., Georgia, USA Some of the finest American Amethyst ever found has
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resulted, their recovery, and the history of meteorite studies since the time when it was established...1.1. Thunderstones and the Origins of Modern Meteorite Research 1.2. The Early Nineteenth Century 1.3...Minerals Meteorite Falls and Associated Phenomena 2.1 Introduction 2.2. Non-Crater-Forming Meteorite Falls...Falls 2.2.1. The Phenomena of Meteorite Falls 2.2.2. The Scatter Ellipse 2.2.3. Morphology and the Fusion...2.2.4. Meteorite Recovery 2.2.5. Terrestrial Ages of Meteorite Finds 2.3. Explosive Meteorite Craters
Book (edition)
Little Planets in Motion of a Comet 67 88 Meteorite Falls lO Meteorites in the Laboratory 175 ...College Observatory. plate The Plainvicw meteorite from Texas. These two stones, fit together perfectly...inger.) plate 24. Flow marks on the Lafayette meteorite. The liquid glassy crust formed during the air...on the back, shown at the right. Part of the meteorite has been cut pi \ ii off. (U. 25. S. National...of Museum.) the Hugoton, Kansas, meteorite. This Stony meteorite, weighing 346 kg., was discovered by
Book (edition)
Colorado, cubanite from Cuba, kernite from Kern County in California, aragonite from a former kingdom...quantities in chiefly confined to meteorites, on the west coast of Greenland. Besides these, the native metals...source of supply. Cryolite 30. What is visited the west coast of — MINERALS 12 name means its frost-stone...crystals lining the walls of Phlegrean Fields, west of Naples, to be rather common Italy. as concretions...commercially valuable substance. Named after Kern County, California, kernite evaporation yields borax
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WORLD WAR II HOME REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT THE OLD WEST This volume is one of a series that examines the...European Space Agency monitoring center in Darmstadt, West Germany, Halley's comet was stripped of the mystery...37 The Breakup of Comet West A vision of celestial splendor, com¬ et West graced predawn skies in the...fall spread quickly. Within days, geologists, meteorite specialists, and rock hounds from all over North...collected from the site distinguished the Allende meteorite—Allende for short—as the largest ever observed
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Pretoria, South Africa); H. H. Nininger (Amer­ ican Meteorite Museum); J. J. Orcel (Museum National d'Histoire...(1864) 1492-B-1 Brant, S. A poem on the Ensisheim meteorite. (written in Latin with German translation). Book:...Printed by W. Stansby, London ( 1625) Bache, A. Meteorite at Antony, near Plymouth. Pamphlet: 1640-B-l The...1 - C - l * Carli, Ii'. No Title (on the Yago meteorite ) . Vallisnieri Opere Fisico - Mediche, Venezia...I. ;on Edler. N o Title (Description of Tabor meteorite). Book: Lithophylacium Bornianum (Also called:
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team from the Brookhaven National Laboratory in the USA, led by R. Davis. The ‘telescope’ is located in the...Antarctic Iceland, Northern Russia, Japan Northeastern USA New Zealand, Australia East Africa, Indian Ocean...South America, South Pacific, Antarctic Antarctic USA South America, Central Africa Iran, India, Northern...coast of North America Alaska, Arctic Antarctic USA, Pacific Brazil, South Atlantic, South Africa South...Atlantic Siberia, North Pacific Pacific Eastern USA, central and southern Africa Africa, Arabia, Russia
 
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