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Fayalite-Forsterite Series from
Allan Hills A77307 meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' (not an IMA approved species)
Comments:Mostly forsteritic (Fa~1), but excursions noted by Mason (1978); even larges excursion with an isolated zoned Olivine grain varing from Fo99-Fo60 noted by Nagahara & Kushiro (1982a)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fayalite-Forsterite Series data
Locality Data:Click here to view Allan Hills A77307 meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:893189
Long-form Identifier:1:3:893189:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fayalite-Forsterite Series
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘAllan Hills A77304 meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘAllan Hills A76004 meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘAllan Hills A77176 meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘAllan Hills A77257 meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘAllan Hills A77005 Martian meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘAllan Hills A77003 meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘAllan Hills A77278 meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
8.5km (5.3 miles) ⓘAllan Hills 88020 meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
8.8km (5.5 miles) ⓘAllan Hills 88044 meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
9.9km (6.1 miles) ⓘAllan Hills 88036 meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
References
Brian Mason (1978) Antarctic Meteorite Data Sheet, ALHA77397: Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 1 (3). (Nov 1978)
Scott, E. R. D., Taylor, GJ, Maggiore P., Keil K. & Mckinley S.G. (1981) Three CO3 chondrites from Antarctica — Comparison of carbonaceous and ordinary type 3 chondrites: Meteoritics 16( 4): 385. (Dec 1981).
Nagahara, H. & Kushiro, I. (1982a) Genetic Relation of Chondrules, Inclusions and Isolated Olivines in ALH-77307 (CO3) Chondrite (Abstract): Lunar and Planetary Science XIII: 562-563. (March 1982)
Shibata, Y. (1996) Opaque minerals in Antarctic CO3 carbonaceous chondrites, Yamato-74135 -790992, -791717, -81020, -81025, -82050 and Allan Hills-77307: Twentieth Symposium on Antarctic Meteorites: Proceedings of the NIPR Symposium, No. 9 [Editor in Chief, Hideyasu Kojima]: pp. 79-93-108. (1996).
 
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