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Kamacite from
Allan Hills A77307 meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Native Iron var: Kamacite
Formula:(Fe,Ni)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kamacite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Allan Hills A77307 meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:893199
Long-form Identifier:1:3:893199:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Kamacite
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘAllan Hills A77003 meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘAllan Hills A77304 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 A77295 meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘAllan Hills A77278 meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
33.2km (20.6 miles) ⓘAllan Hills 84008 meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
79.5km (49.4 miles) ⓘElephant Moraine 83213 meteorite, Elephant Moraine, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
83.8km (52.1 miles) ⓘAllan Hills 85085 meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
96.2km (59.8 miles) ⓘElephant Moraine 90102 meteorite, Elephant Moraine, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
References
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).
Brearley, A. J. & Jones, R. H. (1998): Chondritic Meteorites. In: Planetary Materials (Papike, J. J., Editor): Chapter 3, 398 pages. Mineralogical Society of America: Washington, DC, USA. (1998).
Han, J. & Brearley, A. J. (2012) The Microstructure and Microchemistry of Amoeboid Olivine Aggregates from the ALHA 77307 CO3.0 Carbonaceous Chondrite: Constraints on Formation and Thermal Histories: 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. LPI Contribution No. 1659, id.1323. (Mar 2012)
 
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