Locality type: | Meteorite Fall Location |
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Species: | Diopside |
Formula: | CaMgSi2O6 |
Comments: | Ca-rich clinopyroxene in poikilitic lithic fragments. |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Diopside data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Siena meteorite, Lucignano d'Asso, Montalcino, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1033430 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1033430:4 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 26be19de-f8a5-430e-84b6-9e1e55329691 |
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside |
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18.0km (11.2 miles) | ⓘCrevolone Torrent gabbro outcrop, La Befa, Murlo, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy |
31.5km (19.6 miles) | ⓘSouthern Tuscany Volcanic Field, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy |
53.5km (33.3 miles) | ⓘPoggio al Montone, Montoccoli-Castellaccia area (Fosso Zanca-Filone di Montoccoli area; Zanca Valley mines), Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy |
54.1km (33.6 miles) | ⓘCase Collina, Pitigliano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy |
59.3km (36.9 miles) | ⓘGavorrano Mine, Gavorrano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy |
62.1km (38.6 miles) | ⓘSan Venanzo Volcano, San Venanzo, Terni Province, Umbria, Italy |
62.3km (38.7 miles) | ⓘVispi Quarry, San Venanzo, Terni Province, Umbria, Italy |
67.6km (42.0 miles) | ⓘNalbi, Impruneta, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy |
67.6km (42.0 miles) | ⓘMonte di Cellere, Cellere, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy |
68.5km (42.6 miles) | ⓘCarraie Hill, Impruneta, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy |
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| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | biotite, 606. Acmite, synthesis, solid solution with diopside and hedenbergite, opt., cell-dimensions, 216;...Chile, arsenolamprite, 732. Ala di Stura, Piemonte, Italy, omphacite, 6I. Albite, Nigeria, opt., 37o; natural...J.), The Gibeon meteorite, 888; - - and FAUL~NER (D.), The Barranca Blanca meteorite, 898; - - and SMITh...SMITh (P. L.), The Weekeroo Station meteorite, 67o; - - and YARDLEY (E. D.), The Brenham pallasite, 275...LEvI-DONATI(G. R.), and WIIK (H. B.), The Siena meteorite, 34. BALL (D. F.), Basaluminite from near Harlech | | | Journal (issue) | acquisition of a specimen of “elastic marble” from Italy to report it to Sir Joseph Banks in August 1794...Patrini [sic], one of the first men in that line in Italy, and Sir Ch. Blagden have both assured me . . ....the royal wedding he traveled back to England via Italy and France and thence to Chatsworth. In 1818 he...culture whetted by his trip to Russia, tours of Italy soon followed, in search of Italian art, especially...collection of lavas, etc. collected by Her Grace in Italy that were not cataloged or described” (Watson’s | | | Report (volume) | complexities in recent plu1ne models. The Karoo volcanic province was once thought to define a circle about 2000...that it is just part of an enormous elliptical province, 9000 km in length, traversing Gondwana from one...end to the other and now called the Karoo-Ferrar province. The circular plume head idea has been falsified...the hottest basalts (picrites) in the Iceland province, which should be the center of the plume, are...this place. The CRB is the only large igneous province (LIP ) in westen1 North, Central and South America | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | TREMORGIO (CANTON TICINO) AS A POSSIBLE QUARTERNARY METEORITE IMPACT CRATER IN THE SWISS ALPS Kurt Bachtiger...the author had, some years ago, the idea of a meteorite impact crater in the Quarternary, i.e. 20-50,000...some interpretations will be attempted. 171 K Meteorite Type (ppm) johnstown (whole rock) Di 853...Total Ar 39_Ar40 age (G.Y.) 4.38 4.07 maximum Meteorite minimum Bjurbole 4.12 3.46 3.96 3.98 1.62 ... An agglutinate is born when a primary micro-meteorite impact (velocity - 20 km/sec) melts a little surface | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | enveloping compound chondrule from the Allende meteorite. Sample Description: The enveloping compound chondrule...graphite grains extracted from the Murchison meteorite have a range of density (1.6–2.2 g/cm3) [1]. Low-density...separates (2.02–2.12 g/cm3) from the Orgueil meteorite [5]. Grains from KFB1 show two distinct populations:...heating procedure for two samples of the IIIB iron meteorite Grant (split BE-50) was performed to determine...required temperatures to fully degas an iron meteorite and to have an idea which temperature is needed | | | Book | resulted, their recovery, and the history of meteorite studies since the time when it was established...1.1. Thunderstones and the Origins of Modern Meteorite Research 1.2. The Early Nineteenth Century 1.3...Minerals Meteorite Falls and Associated Phenomena 2.1 Introduction 2.2. Non-Crater-Forming Meteorite Falls...Falls 2.2.1. The Phenomena of Meteorite Falls 2.2.2. The Scatter Ellipse 2.2.3. Morphology and the Fusion...2.2.4. Meteorite Recovery 2.2.5. Terrestrial Ages of Meteorite Finds 2.3. Explosive Meteorite Craters | | | Book | Planetary Sciences. He teaches chemistry and performs meteorite research, and is currently involved in creating...sediments Potential meteorite parent bodies 2.1 Asteroids as potential meteorite parent bodies 2.2 Impact...Spectra of asteroids Distribution of asteroid and meteorite classes Texture of gas-rich regolith breccias...of hypothetical ejecta blanket Structure of a meteorite parent body Asteroids and their surfaces Fraction...C chondrites Asteroids and water The asteroid–meteorite link Asteroids visited by spacecraft Regoliths | | | Book | Planetary Sciences. He teaches chemistry and performs meteorite research, and is currently involved in creating...sediments Potential meteorite parent bodies 2.1 Asteroids as potential meteorite parent bodies 2.2 Impact...Spectra of asteroids Distribution of asteroid and meteorite classes Texture of gas-rich regolith breccias...of hypothetical ejecta blanket Structure of a meteorite parent body Asteroids and their surfaces Fraction...C chondrites Asteroids and water The asteroid–meteorite link Asteroids visited by spacecraft Regoliths |
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