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Troilite from
El Ali meteorite, Hiran Region, Somalia


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Troilite
Formula:FeS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Native Iron3
Elaliite3
Graftonite2
Sarcopside2
Elkinstantonite1
WÞstite1
Olsenite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Troilite data
Locality Data:Click here to view El Ali meteorite, Hiran Region, Somalia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1526223
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1526223:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4
Ma, C, Herd, CDK, Locock, AJ (2023) Nanomineralogy of the El Ali Meteorite: Discovery of Olsenite, KFe4 (PO4) 3, the Third New Mineral from this IAB Iron. LPI Contributions, 2806. 1883
Herd, Christopher DK, Ma, Chi, Locock, Andrew J, Saini, Radhika, Walton, Erin L (2024) Three new iron-phosphate minerals from the El Ali iron meteorite, Somalia: Elaliite F e 8 2+ Fe3+ (PO4) O8, elkinstantonite Fe4 (PO4) 2O, and olsenite KFe4 (PO4) 3. American Mineralogist, 109 (12). 2142-2151
 
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