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Pigeonite from
Zagami Martian meteorite, Faskari, Katsina, Nigeria


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Origin locality:Mars
Classification
Species:Pigeonite
Formula:(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Baddeleyite2
Augite2
Liebermannite2
Pyrrhotite1
Ilmenite1
Chlorapatite1
Lingunite1
Magnetite1
- var Titanium-bearing Magnetite1
Merrillite1
Maskelynite1
Stishovite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pigeonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Zagami Martian meteorite, Faskari, Katsina, Nigeria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:832452
Long-form Identifier:1:3:832452:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pigeonite
75.0km (46.6 miles) ⓘBingi BIF formation, Maru, Zamfara, Nigeria
References
T.J. McCoy, M. Wadhwa, K. Keil, New lithologies in the Zagami meteorite: evidence for fractional crystallization of a single magma unit on Mars, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 63, Issues 7–8, April 1999, Pages 1249-1262,
Wang, A., Jolliff, B. L., & Haskin, L. A. (1999). Raman spectroscopic characterization of a Martian SNC meteorite: Zagami. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets (1991–2012), 104(E4), 8509-8519.
Ma, Chi, Tschauner, Oliver, Beckett, John R., Greenberg, Eran, Prakapenka, Vitali B. (2024) Zagamiite, CaAl2Si3.5O11, the Hexagonal High-Pressure CAS Phase with Dominant Si, as a Mineral from Mars. Minerals, 14 (1) doi:10.3390/min14010018
 
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