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Bytownite from
Bununu meteorite, Dass, Bauchi, Nigeria


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Anorthite var: Bytownite
Formula:(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bytownite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bununu meteorite, Dass, Bauchi, Nigeria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:908907
Long-form Identifier:1:3:908907:5
GUID (UUID V4):37c08c53-09ae-4b80-bf7e-e6d07796cbce
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Press Ltd. Printed in Northern Ireland The Bununu meteorite, and a discussion of the pyroxene-plagioclase...Abstract--The Bununu meteorite, a pyroxene--plagioclase achondrite (howardite), fell in central Nigeria in April...0.04, H~O+ 1.53, H 2 0 - 0.12, sum 99.81. The meteorite is made up almost entirely of pyroxene and plagioclase...B u n u n u m e t e o r i t e fell in central Nigeria a b o u t ten o'clock on a n April m o r n i n...u is 30 miles s o u t h w e s t of the city of Bauchi, a n d the place of fall is a b o u t 20 miles
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
howardites, and mesosiderites. _____ peak Meteorite# Mass Peak T Source/ Cat. #+ Descr@ (mg) (OC)...29 Bholghati,28 Bholghati,l9 Bholghati,21 Binda Bununu Chaves EET83376,7 EET83376,8 EET87503,3 EET87503...National d'HistorieNaturelle (Dr. Paul Pellas); MWG, Meteorite Working Group of NASA/NSF; USNM, National Museum...insights into the thermal histories of a variety of meteorite classes (HASAN et al., 1986; KECK and SEARS, 1987;...sensitivity and solar-gas content; Kapoeta and Bununu are gas-rich, while EET79006, Le Teilleul, Pavlovka
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
achondrites, appear to have no affinities to other meteorite types. INTRODUCTXON THE TERM mesosiderite wa...and plagioclase. PRIOR’S (1918) work on these meteorite groups revealed that there were no essential differences...compared to that devoted to the more abundant meteorite species. The mesosiderite group is a small one...considerable significance in the early history of some meteorite parent bodies. Prior concluded from his mineralogical...1. Known mesosidorites (1970) Find OPFall Meteorite Barea Bondoo* Budulen Chinguetti Clover Springs
Report (issue)
Specimen No. 635 !> 32.7 g> Arizona State University Meteorite Collection, Terape, Arizona. Murray carbonaceoxis...was made possible by the existence of excellent meteorite collections at Arizona State University, Tempe...Carleton B. Moore, Director of Research, Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University, for the extended...INTRODUCTION ......................... 1 2. THE METEORITE CIASSZS ..................... k Descriptive...Impactites ................... Classification of the Meteorite Breccias ......... Volatile-rich Breccias ...
Report (issue)
parent rocks. Introduction As the importance of meteorite impacts as a mechanism producing lunar land forms...ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.—We are indebted to the curators of the meteorite collections in the following institutions for...used in Table 1) follow. 1. YAMATO-7307.—This meteorite, also known as Yamato(l), was collected by the...27). 2. MASSING.—The analysis shows that this meteorite is very similar in composition to Yamato-7307;...mislabelled material. 3. CHAVES.—Thin sections of this meteorite show that it is a typical polymict breccia. The
 
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