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Chervettaz meteorite, Châtillens, Oron, Lavaux-Oron, Vaud, Switzerlandi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Chervettaz meteorite | Meteorite Fall Location |
| Châtillens | Village |
| Oron | Municipality |
| Lavaux-Oron | Administrative District |
| Vaud | Canton |
| Switzerland | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
46° 32' 60'' North , 6° 49' 0'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Meteorite Class:
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Les Thioleyres | 190 (2017) | 1.3km |
| Palézieux | 1,209 (2015) | 2.0km |
| Oron-la-Ville | 1,198 (2017) | 2.4km |
| Maracon | 582 (2017) | 4.2km |
| Attalens | 2,380 (2017) | 5.6km |
Name(s) in local language(s):
Météorite de Chervettaz, Châtillens, Oron-la-Ville, Vaud (Waadt), Suisse (Schweiz; Svizzera)
Ordinary chondrite (L5; S3)
Fell, November 30, 1901; 750 g
A small stone broke into 3 pieces after falling into the forrest of Chervettaz. The original stone (98 x 78 x 52 cm) had subrounded corners and was covered by a glassy black fusion crust (thickness 0.3 mm). The interior contains abundant chondrules with moderately diffuse boundaries — with the major exception of clearly delineated barred olivine chondrules — and chondrule fragments. Olivine composition is almost entirely within the Fa25-26 range with Ca-poor pyroxenes within the Fs20-25 range. Fe-Ni metal phases include kamacite, taenite, and plessite. Minor silicates include albitic plagioclase and diopside. Accessory phases include chromite and merrillite. Shocked olivine crystals have been fractured with undulatory extinction in some grains. Plagioclase also exhibits undulatory extinction.
Chervettaz is one of only 4 witnessed meteorite falls from Switzerland currently listed at the Meteoritical Bulletin Database. All are ordinary chondrites. The other chondrite falls are Menziswyl, another L5; Utzenstorf (H5); and Ulmiz, a very small, incompletely classified L chondrite. The main mass has been kept at the Lausanne Museum.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
7 valid minerals.
Meteorite/Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chromite Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4 |
| ⓘ Diopside Formula: CaMgSi2O6 |
| ⓘ Enstatite Formula: Mg2Si2O6 |
| ⓘ Enstatite var. Bronzite Formula: (Mg,Fe2+)2[SiO3]2 |
| ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' Description: Composition Fa26 (Mason, 1963), Fa24.8-25.5 (Dominik et al., 1994). |
| ⓘ Merrillite Formula: Ca9NaMg(PO4)7 |
| ⓘ Native Iron Formula: Fe |
| ⓘ Native Iron var. Kamacite Formula: (Fe,Ni) |
| ⓘ 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup' |
| ⓘ 'Plagioclase' Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| ⓘ 'Plessite' |
| ⓘ Taenite Formula: (Fe,Ni) |
| ⓘ Troilite Formula: FeS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Iron | 1.AE.05 | Fe |
| ⓘ | var. Kamacite | 1.AE.05 | (Fe,Ni) |
| ⓘ | Taenite | 1.AE.10 | (Fe,Ni) |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Troilite | 2.CC.10 | FeS |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Chromite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Cr3+2O4 |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Merrillite | 8.AC.45 | Ca9NaMg(PO4)7 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Enstatite | 9.DA.05 | Mg2Si2O6 |
| ⓘ | var. Bronzite | 9.DA.05 | (Mg,Fe2+)2[SiO3]2 |
| ⓘ | Diopside | 9.DA.15 | CaMgSi2O6 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Plagioclase' | - | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| ⓘ | 'Plessite' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
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