Locality type:

Meteorite Fall Location

Origin locality:

Classification

Species:

Ferromerrillite

Formula:

Ca₉NaFe²⁺(PO₄)₇

Confirmation

Validity:

Valid - Type Locality

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Shergotty Martian meteorite, Gaya District, Bihar, India

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

426572

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:426572:6

GUID (UUID V4):

0b327f7a-1b4a-4224-ad26-3b6f9981108a

References

Britvin, S.N., Krivovichev, S.V., Armbruster, T. (2016): Ferromerrillite, Ca9NaFe2+(PO4)7, a new mineral from the Martian meteorites, and some insights into merrillite-tuite transformation in shergottites. European Journal of Mineralogy: 28: 125-13.

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	Karwowski, Łukasz, Kryza, Ryszard, Muszyński, Andrzej, Kusz, Joachim, Helios, Katarzyna, Drożdżewski, Piotr, Galuskin, Evgeny V. (2016) Czochralskiite, Na4Ca3Mg(PO4)4, a second new mineral from the Morasko IAB-MG iron meteorite (Poland) European Journal of Mineralogy, 28 (5) 969-977 doi:10.1127/ejm/2016/0028-2557	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	second new mineral from the Morasko IAB-MG iron meteorite (Poland) ŁUKASZ KARWOWSKI1, RYSZARD KRYZA2†, ANDRZEJ...phosphate mineral found in the Morasko IAB-MG iron meteorite. This very rare mineral occurs in phosphate inclusions...matrix of the meteorite. Almost thirty mineral species have been reported from this meteorite (most from...Na4Ca3Mg(PO4)4, has been found in the Morasko iron meteorite (central-west Poland) and is the second new phosphate...phosphate found in the Morasko IAB-MG meteorite. The ﬁrst one, moraskoite, Na2Mg(PO4)F, with antiperovskite-type
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Ferromerrillite from Shergotty Martian meteorite, Gaya District, Bihar, India

Ferromerrillite from
Shergotty Martian meteorite, Gaya District, Bihar, India