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Fayalite-Forsterite Series from
Eagle Station meteorite, Carroll County, Kentucky, USA


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' (not an IMA approved species)
Comments:Olivine (Fa19Fo80)in Mittlefehldt et al., (1998). Olivine (Fa20) according to Grady (2000). Olivine accounts for 75-80% of the silicate inventory.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fayalite-Forsterite Series data
Locality Data:Click here to view Eagle Station meteorite, Carroll County, Kentucky, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:147492
Long-form Identifier:1:3:147492:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fayalite-Forsterite Series
66.9km (41.5 miles) ⓘCynthiana meteorite, Harrison County, Kentucky, USA
79.5km (49.4 miles) ⓘLouisville meteorite, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
References
Radiation Measurements Volume 25, Issues 1-4, 1995, Pages 329-330
Farrington, O.C., 1915, Catalogue of the meteorites of North America to January 1, 1909: National Academy of Sciences, Memoir 13, 513 pages.
Mittlefehldt, D.W., McCoy, T.J., Goodrich, C.A. & Kracher, A. (1998). Non-chondritic meteorites from asteroidal bodies. IN: Papike, J. J. (ed.): Planetary Materials: Mineralogical Society of America, Washington. 195 pages.
 
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