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Troilite from
Bogou meteorite, Gayeri Department, Komondjari Province, Est Region, Burkina Faso


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Troilite
Formula:FeS
Comments:Abundant as 10-40 mm nodules with varying amounts of associated graphite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Troilite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bogou meteorite, Gayeri Department, Komondjari Province, Est Region, Burkina Faso
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:918071
Long-form Identifier:1:3:918071:0
GUID (UUID V4):9d614d59-0390-439d-ae42-96f7d01190df
Nearest other occurrences of Troilite
64.4km (40.0 miles) Nadiabondi meteorite, Matiacoali Department, Gourma Province, Est Region, Burkina Faso
85.2km (53.0 miles) Bilanga meteorite, Bilanga-Yanga, Bilanga Department, Gnagna Province, Est Region, Burkina Faso
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
HALF-BILLION-YEAR-OLD METEORITE FELL IN AFRICA The Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D.C., announced...to retain and study portions of the meteorite which fell near Bogou, Upper Volta, on August 14, 1962. Detailed...and origin in space. One-half of the 19-pound meteorite mounted in a display case will be returned to...Republic of Upper Volta for permanent retention. The meteorite has been in the U. S. since late last fall (see...December 1, 1962). The scientific facts on the meteorite already assembled as the result of preliminary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chondrites, 4 achondrites, 4 siderites, 1 metcorit,ic troilite, 1 meteoritic olivine, 9 toktites, 2 impact glasws...heorirs of nrlc.leosynt,hesis and theorirs of meteorite and trkt,ite formation are disvlLssed. AT THE...a1~~111d~~~l~,~~ of all elements and their isotopes in the region from hafnium through gold by this factor. In light...One new fall, the Bogou siderite, is described as a coarse octahedrite. This meteorite fell on 14 August...August, 1962 near the village of Bogou, Upper Volta, Africa. The deep-sea sediment cores from the Pacific
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of glassthat formed from rock and soil when a meteorite hit the earth. These impactite bombs, commonly...spherules. Previous analysesof metallic spherulesfrom meteorite impact craters indicate that the spherules are...are richer in Ni than the parent meteorite from which they were derived. The Ni content of metallic spherulesin...impactite bombs from the Wabar and Meteor Crater meteorite impact craters have been described by several...spherulesconsist of Ni-Fe finely intergrown with subordinate troilite (FeS) and schreibersite(Fe, Ni):P in a fine-grained
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tektites, photographs, a: 864-855 Ablation rate iron meteorite “Thule”, 25: 98 Absolute abundance of the chromium...Bruderheim meteorite, 26: 6132 aubrite, Bishopville, 29: 1085-1099 cosmic-ray, Bruderheim meteorite, 26: 662...ROST), 21: 165-181 Also, Bogou, other meteorites, 29: 1327 Alabama meteorite, Felix, carbonaceous chondrite... cobalt in, 22: 28 Alabandite, in Abeo stony meteorite, X-ray diffraction pattern, 21: 133 in enstatite...meteorites, 29: 1143 ferrmagnesian, in Norton Co. meteorite, 27: 941, 943, 944 Alanine in clam shells, 21:
Book (volume)
Composition and Structure by Vagn F. Buchwald Department of Metallurgy , Technical University, Lyngby...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
 
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