Locality type: | Meteorite Fall Location |
Classification |
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Species: | 'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species) |
Formula: | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
Comments: | Hollandite-structured plagioclase. |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Plagioclase data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Umbarger meteorite, Randall County, Texas, USA |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 304788 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:304788:0 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 9ed841ea-57e5-4416-832b-62e9f9213085 |
Nearest other occurrences of Plagioclase |
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41.0km (25.5 miles) | ⓘDimmitt meteorite, Dimmitt, Castro County, Texas, USA |
52.9km (32.9 miles) | ⓘHappy Canyon meteorite, Armstrong County, Texas, USA |
97.6km (60.6 miles) | ⓘPlainview (1917) meteorite, Hale County, Texas, USA |
References |
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Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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| | Book | Virgil L. Sharpton, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/4698...Oberlin, OH USA Billy P. Glass Department of Geology University of Delaware Newark, DE USA ISSN 1612-8338... in the 1890s. Numerous fragments of an iron meteorite were found scattered around the crater and Gilbert...impact of a large iron meteorite. Gilbert believed that the bulk of the iron meteorite should have been buried...able to find evidence of a large mass of iron meteorite beneath the crater floor as he expected. Because |
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