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Pannikin meteorite, Cocklebiddy Roadhouse, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Pannikin meteorite | Meteorite Fall Location |
| Cocklebiddy Roadhouse | Community |
| Dundas Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 2' 26'' South , 126° 10' 51'' East
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Deposit first discovered:
1965
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Discovered by A.J. Carlisle within a distinct small impact crater. Only two small chips found. W. Cleverly from the reference also found one australite within the crater and several nearby, suggesting he states the impact is several thousand years old.
The stone is purplish grey. Olivine is dominant as aggregates within orthopyroxene and lamellar pigeonite. There is also rare minute grains of untwinned plagioclase. The fragments contain 15% nickel iron and troilite. The chondrules are clearly defined in an uneven granoblastic mass of grains which come as 0.4 or 0.02mm across.
It is a recrystallised olivine-hypersthene chondrite and is housed in the Western Australian Museum, No 12799 (thin section only). The main masses are in the School of Mines, Kalgoorlie, No.s 9962 and 9963.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
2 valid minerals.
Meteorite/Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' References: |
| ⓘ 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup' References: |
| ⓘ Pigeonite Formula: (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 References: |
| ⓘ Troilite Formula: FeS References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Troilite | 2.CC.10 | FeS |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Pigeonite | 9.DA.10 | (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Pigeonite | (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 |
| O | ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series | |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Pigeonite | (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 |
| Mg | ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series | |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Pigeonite | (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 |
| Si | ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series | |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Troilite | FeS |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Pigeonite | (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pigeonite | (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 |
| Fe | ⓘ Troilite | FeS |
| Fe | ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series | |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Bight BasinBasin
- Central Australian ElementCraton
- Eucla BasinBasin
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
- South Australian Craton
- Madura ProvinceShield
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