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Enstatite from
Ilafegh 009 meteorite, Bordj Badji Mokhtar, Bordj Badji Mokhtar District, Bordj Badji Mokhtar Province, Algeria


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Enstatite
Formula:Mg2Si2O6
Comments:Usually as moderately large crystals up to 1 cm in size. Often contains trapped inclusions with diverse mineralogies
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Enstatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ilafegh 009 meteorite, Bordj Badji Mokhtar, Bordj Badji Mokhtar District, Bordj Badji Mokhtar Province, Algeria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:888761
Long-form Identifier:1:3:888761:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Wlotzka, F. (ed.) (1991). Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 71. Meteoritics 26 (3): 255-262. (June 1991).
McCoy, T. J., Keil, K., Bogard, D., Casanova, I. & Lindstrom, M. M. (1992) ILAFEGH 009: A New Sample of the Diverse Suite of Enstatite Impact Melt Rocks (Abstract). LPSC XXIII: page 869. (March 1992)
McCoy, T. J. et al. (1995) Origin and history of impact-melt rocks of enstatite chondrite parentage: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 59 (1): 161-175. (Feb 1995)
Leroux, H., Doukhan, J. C. & Bischoff, A. (1997) Mineralogy and crystallization history of the ILAFEGH 009 EL-chondritic impact-melt rock: An ATEM investigation. Meteoritics 32 (3): 365-372. (May 1997)
 
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