 | 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...34°46.5'N, 101°33.6'W, Texas] consists of about 85 vol. % enstatite (Fs 0.4%), 5 to 10 vol % plagioclase (An...survived extensive terrestrial weathering. The meteorite has a cumulate texture, uniform-size euhedral...in the Cumberland Falls enstatite achondrite. Happy Canyon is most simply explained as an E6 composition |  | 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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