| Locality type: | Meteorite Fall Location |
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| Species: | 'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species) |
| Formula: | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Plagioclase data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Dyarrl Island meteorite, Dyaul Island, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 916615 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:916615:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 7ce405e4-ce96-4b3a-a7df-18196c299019 |
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Mittlefehldt, D. W., McCoy, T. J., Goodrich, C. A. & Kracher, A. (1998). Non-chondritic meteorites from asteroidal bodies. In: Planetary Materials (Papike, J. J. [Ed.]): Chapter 4, 195 pages. Mineralogical Society of America: Washington, DC, USA. |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | I973, VOL. 39, PP" 2 0 4 - - I 5 The Barea, Dyarrl Island, and Emery meteorites, and a review of the mesosiderites...and Emery are typical mesosiderites, whereas Dyarrl Island ~ is unique in having the lowest metal content...and the highest FeO/(FeO-L MgO) ratio of any meteorite of this class. Average pyroxene compositions have...mean of 2I mole % for Veramin to 45 mole % for Dyarrl Island. Steinbach may possibly be classed as a mesosiderite...mineralogy is identical except for the absence of plagioclase. Dalgaranga and Mt. Padbury may be a paired fall |
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