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Merrillite from
Fayetteville meteorite, Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas, USA


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Merrillite
Formula:Ca9NaMg(PO4)7
Comments:Reading "merrillite" (preferred for extraterrestrial objects) for "whitlockite" (terrestrial).
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Merrillite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fayetteville meteorite, Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:957921
Long-form Identifier:1:3:957921:7
GUID (UUID V4):60286663-52c4-4d9d-8c1e-b3d9b05820d6
References
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classification. TEMJEDS investigation of the meteorite has established that many of the phyllosilicates...sedimentary dolomites. Y82042 appears to be a unique meteorite in possessing significant amounts of both calcite...sub-rounded aggregates) formed prior to assembly of the meteorite, which is consistent with gentle compaction. The...emplacement, concurrent with cementation of the meteorite constituents by further, minor serpentinization...ureilites (Berkley et ai., 1986). The origin of this meteorite (and ureilites in general) is controversial, opinion
Book
METEORITE RESEARCH ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE LIBRARY A SERIES OF BOOKS ON THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS... Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Mass., USA C. DE JAGER, G. H. LUDWIG, University of Utrecht...NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., USA R. LUST, Institut fiir Extraterrestrische Physik...A. H. E. L. I. SEDOV, NEWELL, NASA, Washington, D.C., USA Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow...Holland VOLUME 12 METEORITE RESEARCH PROCEEDINGS OF A SYMPOSIUM ON METEORITE RESEARCH HELD IN VIENNA
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
315-483(1993) @ Meteoritical Society, 1993. Prinred in USA. Abstracts DOES PRESOLAR SIC RETAIN A RECORD OF...Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis MO 63130, USA. The ZlNe cosmic ray exposure...Houston TX 77058, USA, ZMail Code SN2,NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston TX 77058, USA. Troilite (FeS)...Louis MO 63130, USA, 2Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago IL 60637, USA. A ?i W PAT9...calibration that might ultimately permit derivation of meteorite thermal histories by calorimetric thermometry
Book
Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution Washington D.C. GORDON New York AND BREACH SCIENCE PUBLISHERS... INTRODUCTION Brian Mason Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Introduction THE SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATION...minerals are quartz and aluminosilicates; the common meteorite minerals are anhydrous, whereas hydrated minerals...actual extraterrestrial abundances; irons dominate meteorite finds, since they are resistant to weathering...at least as very unusual objects). Over 80% of meteorite falls are chondrites, and over 90% of these belong
 
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