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Ilmenite from
Medanitos meteorite, Medanitos, Fiambalá, Tinogasta Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Ilmenite
Formula:Fe2+TiO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ilmenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Medanitos meteorite, Medanitos, Fiambalá, Tinogasta Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:905412
Long-form Identifier:1:3:905412:7
GUID (UUID V4):e442feed-2df9-444c-854c-3b048d0f0618
Nearest other occurrences of Ilmenite
25.5km (15.9 miles) Sierra de Fiambalá, Fiambalá, Tinogasta department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
67.8km (42.2 miles) Papachacra, Corral Quemado, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
References
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pigeonite, 3.53; silica, 2.32; chromite, 5.09; ilmenite, 4.78; merrillite, 3.12; troilite, 4.60; and metallic...and accessory to minor troilite, metallic Fe-Ni, ilmenite, merrillite, and chromite (Table 2). Limonite...Binda, 2.0; Moama, 6.3 (MITTLEFEHLDT, 1979a); Medanitos, 5.7 (KIESL et al., 1978); Moore County, 1.7;and...cumulates (39%) are coarsegrained (~~800 Fm), ilmenite-free, gabbroic rocks with mg* generally between...(long-dashed line). Labeled points are: EEET87548; Me-Medanitos; Mo-Moama; 6-pebble 6; I g-pebble 18; and S-hypothetical
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Mittlefehldt I lhh Table 1. Summary of meteorite Mesasiderites Clover Sprinysl Crab Orchard Crab...euhedral plagioclase, augite, pigeonite, chromite, ilmenite, troilite, and phosphate grains. These are similar...produce this correlation. Although both chromite and ilmenite have a much higher Fe/Mg ratio than their parent...pyroxenes associated with fine-grained tridymite, ilmenite. chromite, troilite, phosphate, and metal in basalts...non-mesostasis grains. Crystallization of chromite and ilmenite (arrow) in the mesostasis will suppress the increase
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
host phases for Hf and Ta—zircon, baddeleyite, ilmenite, and titanite—are much less susceptible to terrestrial...the samples studied. Trace element anomaliesb Meteorite Split Sample type Nonantarctic Chervony Kut...the samples studied. Trace element anomaliesb Meteorite Split Sample type Antarctic eucritic clast...classification is that used in the JSC online meteorite catalog. b Ce/Ce* are flagged as being either...manually checked and corrected if necessary. In meteorite analysis, sample representativeness is an issue
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the surface, so rapidly that portions of the meteorite and the ground which were in contact were vaporized...people wondered about what would happen if a large meteorite fell to the ground, but they were limited by the...meteorites and the corollary that the size of the meteorite was quite small relative to the crater it could...an equal mass of TNT. The kinetic energy of a meteorite changes with the square of the velocity and hence...far more probable that the angle of impact of a meteorite with earth or moon is low rather than high. Previously
 
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