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Diopside from
Semarkona meteorite, Chhindwara District, Jabalpur Division, Madhya Pradesh, India


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Comments:In amoeboid olivine aggregates (AOA), Includes aluminous varieties.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Semarkona meteorite, Chhindwara District, Jabalpur Division, Madhya Pradesh, India
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:896944
Long-form Identifier:1:3:896944:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
86.2km (53.6 miles) ⓘGowari Wadhona Mine, Chhindwara District, Jabalpur Division, Madhya Pradesh, India
References
Russell, S.S., Huss, G.R., MacPherson, G.J. & Wasserburg, G.J. (1997) Early and late chondrule formation - New constraints for solar nebula chronology from Al-26/Al-27 in unequilibrated ordinary chondrites: 28th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference: 209-210.
Itoh, S., Russell, S. S. & Yurimoto, H. (2004) Amoeboid Olivine Aggregates from the Semarkona LL3.0 Chondrite: Workshop on Chondrites and the Protoplanetary Disk, November 8-11, 2004, Kauai, Hawaii, abstract no. 9019. (Nov 2004)
Beckett et al. (2006) Chemical processes in Calcium-Aluminum-rich Inclusions: A Mostly CMAS View of Melting and Crystallization: In: Meteorites and The Early Solar System (Editors: Lauretta, D.S. & McSween Jr, H.Y.) University of Arizona Press. Tucson. pp. 399-429.
 
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