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Kamacite from
Bununu meteorite, Dass, Bauchi, Nigeria


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Iron var: Kamacite
Formula:(Fe,Ni)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kamacite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bununu meteorite, Dass, Bauchi, Nigeria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:908908
Long-form Identifier:1:3:908908:2
GUID (UUID V4):229393be-e616-4fa5-9150-5b698149fb6b
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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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
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detail in only a few stony meteorites,be- each meteorite individually, even though each causewith earlier...eraIshavebeenidentified:Most common are iron (kamacite)with variableNi content a• Fe-Ni solidsolutions(taenite)... but mostly in small amounts. Native gold was Bununu Pes]anoe Bur Gheluai Pillistfer Carraweena...nickel with a consequent decrease in the amount of kamacite. Continued introduction of sulfur leads to...Further com­ Fig. 1. Renazz o, X 125. Nickel-iron (kamacite) sp herule, showing recrystallization after mild
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2% TiO2 and 10% A1,O3) in the Angra des Reis meteorite, meteoritic OH' .o A M~Z $1206 C . E . ...Ilexahedrites (8) Octahedrites (30) Ataxites (1) Kamacite Kamacite, taenite Taenite * Find. Although the range...specifically between the two pyroxenes. In the Woodbine meteorite the orthopyroxene contains about 3% (by weight)...the least-rccrystallized group is the Chainpur meteorite, described in considerable detail by Keil et al...calcium-poor clinopyroxene crystals from this meteorite, with the results shown in Fig. 7. 52 28 28
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phases. Metal-silicate textures indicate that kamacite-taenite structures formed in. situ, after the...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
Report (issue)
Structural and compositional properties of iron meteorite groups ___________ The geochemical behavior of...ABBREVIATIONS The following abbreviations for the meteorite classes are used throughout the tables and elsewhere;...percent) ; all others (<0.01 percent). A list of meteorite minerals is provided, and a tabulation of elemental...Achondrites H L LL C E Chondrites Symbol Kamacite Kamacite , taenite Taenite Olivine, nickel-iron Orthopyroxene...minerals are quartz and aluminosilicates; the common meteorite minerals are anhydrous, whereas hydrated minerals
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 ...
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provide an introduction to meteorite science and a handbook on meteorite classification. Insofar as I...These chapters would have been useful chiefly to meteorite researchers looking for a quick summary of group...quantitative meteorite studies declined during 1970-1973 as a result of the diversion of meteorite researchers'...efforts to the study of lunar samples. The rate of meteorite research activity is now increasing as researchers...during the past decade regarding problems of meteorite origin and classification. A complete list would
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provide an introduction to meteorite science and a handbook on meteorite classification. Insofar as I...These chapters would have been useful chiefly to meteorite researchers looking for a quick summary of group...quantitative meteorite studies declined during 1970-1973 as a result of the diversion of meteorite researchers'...efforts to the study of lunar samples. The rate of meteorite research activity is now increasing as researchers...during the past decade regarding problems of meteorite origin and classification. A complete list would
Report (issue)
cular bya x ates she woke RG Rn Wet The Elga meteorite: Silicate inclusions and shock metamorphism Eu...rims on coarse-grained inclusions in the Allende meteorite G. J. MacPherson, L. Grossman, J. M. Allen, and...Osram wel oregit is) anes Carbon in the Allende meteorite: Evidence for poorly graphitized carbon rather...76009 (Le) The magnetic properties of the Abee meteorite: Evidence for a strong magnetic N. Sugiura and...the eucrite parent body. Petrology of Bholgati. Bununu, Kapoeta, and ALHA76005 eee i en 2:cae 2) eee oa
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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were made of replicate samples from the same meteorite. Various sources of error in the method, including...attempt to contrast self-consistent models of meteorite evolution. In these applications of meteoritic...analyses on different samples, even from the same meteorite, whether the data reflect either basic geochemical...Na-Al rich glass. Metal is frequently present as kamacite and taenite, and several sulfide minerals, in...experimental procedures follows. Sample Preparation Meteorite samples, of masses ranging from 14 to 1238 mg
 
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