Locality type:

Meteorite Fall Location

Classification

Species:

Anorthite

Formula:

Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Felix meteorite, Perry County, Alabama, USA

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

879214

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:879214:3

GUID (UUID V4):

0999812b-e126-4029-86f8-fbca31830132

References

Chizmadia, J., Rubin, A. E. & Wasson, J.T. (2002). Mineralogy and petrology of amoeboid olivine inclusions in CO3 chondrites: relationship to parent-body aqueous alteration. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 37 (12): 1781-1796 (Dec 2002)

Grady, M. M., Pratesi, G. & Moggi-Cecchi, V. (2015) Atlas of Meteorites. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, United Kingdom. 373 pages.

Reference Search (possible matching items)

	(1970) Apollo 11 Lunar Science Conference - Papers presented at the Lunar Science Conference held at Houston, Texas, from 5 to 8 January 1970. American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D. C.	Book
	Radioactivity in Lunar Rocks: Implications for Meteorite Infall, Solar-Wind Flux, and Formation Conditions...is consistent with the observed occurrence of meteorite material in the soil. Many elements such as potassium...experimental error as the value obtained from meteorite lead. The apparent ages are shown in Table 2....leads used for correction are primeval lead of meteorite (7) for samples 10061 and 10084 and common lead...are plotted with Patterson’s data (/) on stone meteorite and Oversby’s measurement (7) of primordial lead
	(1970) Apollo 11 Lunar Science Conference - Papers presented at the Lunar Science Conference held at Houston, Texas, from 5 to 8 January 1970. AAAS Miscellaneous Publication 70-1. American Association for the Advancement of Science	Report (issue)
	Radioactivity in Lunar Rocks: Implications for Meteorite Infall, Solar-Wind Flux, and Formation Conditions...is consistent with the observed occurrence of meteorite material in the soil. Many elements such as potassium...leads used for correction are prin1eval lead of meteorite (7) for san1plcs 10061 and 10084 and common lead...percent, and the lower limit to include Patterson's meteorite data. It might be argued that the obtained age...the observed data fit into the extension of the meteorite lead array, (ii) the data lie near the U-Pb evolution

Anorthite from Felix meteorite, Perry County, Alabama, USA

Anorthite from
Felix meteorite, Perry County, Alabama, USA