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Pigeonite from
Dar al Gani 896 meteorite (DaG 896), Dar al Gani, Jufra District, Libya


Locality type:Strewn Field
Classification
Species:Pigeonite
Formula:(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pigeonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dar al Gani 896 meteorite (DaG 896), Dar al Gani, Jufra District, Libya
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:977419
Long-form Identifier:1:3:977419:3
GUID (UUID V4):d826cf6c-5d88-4edd-b676-e49e284a99c4
Nearest other occurrences of Pigeonite
80.5km (50.0 miles) ⓘDar al Gani 476 Martian meteorite (DaG 476), Dar al Gani, Jufra District, Libya
80.8km (50.2 miles) ⓘDar al Gani 975 Martian meteorite (DaG 975), Dar al Gani, Jufra District, Libya
95.5km (59.4 miles) ⓘDar Al Gani 319 (DaG 319) meteorite, Dar al Gani, Jufra District, Libya
References
Russell, Sara S., Zipfel, Jutta, Folco, Luigi, Jones, Rhian, Grady, Monica M., McCoy, Timothy, Grossman, Jeffrey N. (2003) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 87, 2003 July. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 38. doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2003.tb00328.x
Folco, L. et al. (2004) Extensive impact melting on the H-chondrite parent asteroid during the cataclysmic bombardment of the early solar system: Evidence from the achondritic meteorite Dar al Gani 896. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68 (10): 2379-2397. (May 2004).
Folco, L., Burbine, T. H. & D'Orazio, M. (2005) Surface mineralogy changes induced by impact melting on ordinary chondritic parent asteroids: clues from the DaG 896 meteorite. Memorie della Società Astronomica Italiana Supplement, vol 6: 116-121. (2005).
Grady, M.M., Pratesi, G. & Moggi-Cecchi, V. (2015) Atlas of Meteorites. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, United Kingdom. 373 pp.
 
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