| Locality type: | Meteorite Fall Location |
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| Species: | 'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species) |
| Formula: | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Comments: | Plagioclase in the predominant coarse-grained litholgy is albitic (An14), but in the fine-grained lithology the anorthositic component is unusually high for Enstatite chondrites (An25)[McCoy et al.,1995] |
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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 Happy Canyon meteorite, Armstrong County, Texas, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 807809 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:807809:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 7fc806e7-7ecc-403d-99e6-7fe23827be87 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Plagioclase |
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| 52.9km (32.9 miles) | ⓘUmbarger meteorite, Randall County, Texas, USA |
| 60.0km (37.3 miles) | ⓘDimmitt meteorite, Dimmitt, Castro County, Texas, USA |
| 64.2km (39.9 miles) | ⓘClarendon meteorite, Clarendon area, Donley County, Texas, USA |
| 78.7km (48.9 miles) | ⓘPlainview (1917) meteorite, Hale County, Texas, USA |
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Watters, T. R. & Prinz, M (1979) Aubrites - Their origin and relationship to enstatite chondrites. In: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 10th, Houston, Tex., March 19-23, 1979, Proceedings. Volume 1. (A80-23557 08-91) New York, Pergamon Press, Inc., 1979, p. 1073-1093. |
| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | Olsen, Edward J., Bunch, T.E., Jarosewich, Eugene, Noonan, Albert F., Huss, Glenn I (1977) HAPPY CANYON: A NEW TYPE OF ENSTATITE ACHONDRITE. Meteoritics, 12 (2) 109-124 doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.1977.tb00336.x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | HAPPY CANYON: A NEW TYPE OF ENSTATITE ACHONDRITE Edward J. Olsen Field Museum of Natural History Chicago...Glenn I Huss American Meteorite Laboratory Box 2098 Denver, CO 80201 Happy Canyon [found: 1971, 34°46...101°33.6'W, Texas] consists of about 85 vol. % enstatite (Fs 0.4%), 5 to 10 vol % plagioclase (An 26%),...survived extensive terrestrial weathering. The meteorite has a cumulate texture, uniform-size euhedral...enstatite (0.3 to 0.4 mm long) with interstitial plagioclase, diopside, troilite, and metal: The enstatite |  | PRZYLIBSKI, Tadeusz A., ZAGOŻDŻON, Pawel P., KRYZA, Ryszard, PILSKI, Andrzej S. (2005) The Zakłodzie enstatite meteorite: Mineralogy, petrology, origin, and classification. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 40. doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2005.tb00424.x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | http://meteoritics.org The Zak≥odzie enstatite meteorite: Mineralogy, petrology, origin, and classification...accepted 21 January 2005) Abstract–The Zak≥odzie meteorite was found in September 1998, about 40 km west...images, and X-ray diffraction data show that the meteorite is composed of clino- and orthoenstatite, two...crystallized at ∼580–600 ºC. Thus, the Zak≥odzie meteorite formed by the nearly complete melting of an enstatite...The structure, composition, and origin of the meteorite and its relation to the parent rock indicate that |
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