Tridymite from
Mount Padbury meteorite, Mount Padbury Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Locality type:

Meteorite Fall Location

Classification

Species:

Tridymite

Formula:

SiO₂

Comments:

Frequently accompanied by minor opaques (including magnetite).

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Mount Padbury meteorite, Mount Padbury Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

930640

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:930640:0

GUID (UUID V4):

d4a859e8-896d-445e-8b23-623005c825f2

References

McCall, G. J. H., Wiik, H.B. & Moss, A. A. (1966). The Petrology of the Mount Padbury Mesosiderite and its Achondritic Enclaves. Mineralogical Magazine 36(276): 1029-1060. (Dec 1966).

Ikeda, Y., Ebihara, M., & Prinz, M. (1990) Enclaves in the Mt. Padbury and Vaca Muerta mesosiderites: Magmatic and residue (or cumulate) rock types. Proceedings of the NIPR Symposium, No. 3, pp. 99-131.

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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	McCall, G. J. H. (1966) The petrology of the Mount Padbury mesosiderite and its achondrite enclaves. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 36 (276) 1029-1060 doi:10.1180/minmag.1966.036.276.01	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	1966 SOCIETY No. 276 The petrology of the Mount Padbury mesosiderite and its achondrite enclaves B y...1966] Summary. The petrography of the Mount Padbury meteorite, previously briefly recorded, is described...enclaves--plagioclase, hypersthene, pigeonite, olivine, and tridymite. These results include microscopic analysis of...The wider implications of this new and unique meteorite find are briefly considered. c C A L L a n d Cleverly... 1 University of Western Australia, Geology Department. Honorary Associate, Western Australian Museum
	*Elston, Donald Parker (1968) The geologic classification of the meteorites. Open-File Report* Vol. 1968 (68-97) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr6897**	Report (issue)
	Specimen No. 635 !> 32.7 g> Arizona State University Meteorite Collection, Terape, Arizona. Murray carbonaceoxis...was made possible by the existence of excellent meteorite collections at Arizona State University, Tempe...Carleton B. Moore, Director of Research, Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University, for the extended...INTRODUCTION ......................... 1 2. THE METEORITE CIASSZS ..................... k Descriptive...Impactites ................... Classification of the Meteorite Breccias ......... Volatile-rich Breccias ...
	*Deer, W. A., Howie, R. A., Zussman, J. (1978) Rock-Forming Minerals* (2nd ed.) Vol. 2A - Single-Chain Silicates. The Geological Society, London.**	Book (volume)
	Geological Society of Australia for diagram from Journal Geological Society of Australia; Geological Society...end-member orthoenstatite from the Bishopville meteorite and compared this with the previously determined...central Australia (Moore, 1968). Anal. A. Moore. Bronzite, websterite, Glenelg, In verness-shire (Mercy...metamorphosed iron formation, North Dangi.n, Western Australia (Davidson and Mathison, 22 23 24 25 1973)...gruoerite--siderite rock., Wabush lron Formatlon, south-western Labrador (Klem, 1966). (Cl 18-385, b 9·020, ('

Tridymite from Mount Padbury meteorite, Mount Padbury Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Tridymite from
Mount Padbury meteorite, Mount Padbury Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia