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Oligoclase from
Brachina meteorite, Brachina, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Albite var: Oligoclase
Formula:(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Comments:Oligoclase (An22Ab78Or2)following Mittlefehldt et al. (1998)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Oligoclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Brachina meteorite, Brachina, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:911933
Long-form Identifier:1:3:911933:8
GUID (UUID V4):f3ba1b70-d019-4716-9ab6-2379567ed5fd
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achondrites. Petrologic analysis of six brachinites (Brachina, Allan Hills (ALH) 84025, Hughes 026, Elephant...silicate eutectic (1050 °C) for all but two. Brachina formed at an fO2 of IW, and the other brachinites...system. The range of achondrites in the world’s meteorite collections gives petrologic and geochemical evidence...material not currently represented in the world’s meteorite collections by metamorphism, partial melting,...brachinites has grown due to the finding of two paired oligoclase-rich achondrites, Graves Nunataks (GRA) 06128
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Abstract–Olivine-dominated (70–80 modal %) achondrite meteorite Lewis Cliff (LEW) 88763 originated from metamorphism...partial melting of a FeO-rich parent body. The meteorite experienced some alteration on Earth, evident...88763 cannot be a parent composition to any other meteorite sample, due to highly limited silicate melt loss...GardnerVandy et al. 2013; Keil 2014), or the oligoclase-rich meteorites GRA 06128/9 (e.g., Day et al...2012; Shearer et al. 2010). While many of these meteorite groups are defined, by among other things, the
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temperatures is uncertain. Many low plagioclases, from oligoclase to about An 75 , yield e diffractions, sometimes...diffractions. In some low-grade metamorphic rocks, oligoclase and albite occur as coarse intergrowths, and...compositions of separate grains of albite and oligoclase. Although the transformation between synthetic...An 43 to An 58 . The composition of the lamellae ranges near An 39 _48 and An S3 -64 ' and some kind of...whether observed discontinuities in the composition ranges of plagioclase result from such reactions or from
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composition of stone meteorites. How to recognize a meteorite. Brazilian stone meteorites. 7.1. ACHONDRITES...chondrite . Parambu. Acknowledgments . References.^.. Meteorite index. Page 1 3 11 29 35 45 47 48 48 48 61 61...during the agglomeration of the meteorite parent bodies. When a meteorite is seen to fall and material is...is collected, the meteorite is referred to as a fall. On the other hand, a meteorite find is the by-chance...meteorites Figure 1 - The Bendego, Bahia, Brazil iron meteorite, weighing approximately 5,360 kg. Note the irregular
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biogeochemistry in the world’s oceans. Sampling of North–South traverses of all of the world’s oceans at all depths...it, it was just at this time that the Allende meteorite fell and the minerals contained within the so-called...Silliman Chair and being curator of the Yale meteorite collection. In a continuation of Karl’s foray... CONTRIBUTORS GK Benedix Curtin University, Perth, Australia AN Krot University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Honolulu...chemical histories both in the solar nebula and in meteorite parent bodies. It was in CAIs that the great discovery
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' In spite of numerous historical records of meteorite falls, a century of scientific scepticism about...varies with latitude 9 as A + T(o)cos"qJ where n ranges from 88 to 89depending on surface roughness (Bastin...in meteorites. White inclusions of the Allende meteorite carry the melilite, spinel, diopside, and perovskite...with 27A1/24Mg in anorthite from the Allende meteorite (Lee et al., I977a , b); Hutcheon et al., I977;...carbonaceous chondrites; however, mixtures of several meteorite types are more plausible than just a single type
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METEORITE MINERALOGY Meteorites are fascinating cosmic visitors. Using accessible language, this book...book documents the history of mineralogy and meteorite research, summarizes the mineralogical characteristics...photographs of meteorite minerals, and with an accompanying online list of meteorite minerals, this book...book provides a useful resource for meteorite researchers, terrestrial mineralogists, cosmochemists,...students in these elds. a l a n e . r u b i n is a meteorite researcher who recently retired from the University
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Geological Sciences University of Cape Town Rondebosch, South Africa ISSN 2510-1307 ISSN 2510-1315 (electronic)...Mouginis-Mark (Honolulu), Andrea Murphy (Adelaide, Australia), Martin Pfleghaar (Heidelberg), Cornelia Schmitt-Riegraf...Seckendorff (WĂźrzburg), Denis Smith (Adelaide, Australia), Wilhelm StĂźrmer (Erlangen), Ekkehart Tillmanns...fourfold rotary inversion axis in c. Example: the meteorite mineral schreibersite (Fe,Ni)3P. 5 4/m, tetr.-dipyramidal:...examples, found in the Pilbara Craton of Western Australia, have been dated at about 3.43 billion years (3
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20 22 25 26 26 28 28 29 29 29 30 32 33 34 34 34 ranges, leaving little doubt that the grains are ancient...grains (Hoppe et al., 1995) from the Murchison meteorite are compared to astronomical measurements of the...bulk samples of SiC extracted from the Murchison meteorite. Isotopic ratios are relative to the reference...and the recent determination of spallation recoil ranges (Ott and Begemann, 2000) cast doubt on a chronological...result of isotopic equilibration, either on the meteorite parent body or in the laboratory. Apparently,
 
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