Locality type: | Meteorite Fall Location |
Classification |
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Species: | 'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species) |
Formula: | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Apatite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Pontlyfni meteorite, Clynnog, Gwynedd, Wales, UK |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 893584 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:893584:7 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 1d3bd359-f47d-4408-84a5-909b99a4baab |
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite |
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24.1km (15.0 miles) | ⓘCwmorthin Quarry, Tanygrisiau, Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales, UK |
24.7km (15.3 miles) | ⓘTanygrisiau Railway Station, Tanygrisiau, Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales, UK |
25.2km (15.6 miles) | ⓘGloddfa Ganol Quarry (Oakley), Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales, UK |
32.1km (20.0 miles) | ⓘBenallt Mine, Rhiw, Aberdaron, Gwynedd, Wales, UK |
70.2km (43.6 miles) | ⓘBryn-yr-Afr Mine, Ponterwyd, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales, UK |
76.3km (47.4 miles) | ⓘHendre Quarry, Ceiriog Ucha, Wrexham, Wales, UK |
77.4km (48.1 miles) | ⓘCastell Mine (Dyffryn Castell Mine; New Castell Mine; West Esgair Lle Mine; Gwaithddu Mine; Cripiau Bach Mine), Ponterwyd, Cwmrheidol, Ceredigion, Wales, UK |
85.3km (53.0 miles) | ⓘThurstaston Beach, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK |
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Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Printed in The Netherlands 19 [41 PONTLYFNI: A DIFFERENTIATED METEORITE RELATED TO THE GROUP IAB IRONS ANDREW...abundances of 23 major and trace elements in the Pontlyfni meteorite have been measured by instrumental neutron...relationship between Pontlyfni and the group lAB irons. 1. Introduction The Pontlyfni meteorite fell on Coch-y-Bug...Coch-y-Bug Farm, Pontlyfni, Llanwnda, Caernarvonshire, Wales at 11 : 53; April 14, 1931 [1]. Most o f the...could only state that it was a meteorite o f an unusual type. The meteorite was acquired for the British | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ' In spite of numerous historical records of meteorite falls, a century of scientific scepticism about...in meteorites. White inclusions of the Allende meteorite carry the melilite, spinel, diopside, and perovskite...with 27A1/24Mg in anorthite from the Allende meteorite (Lee et al., I977a , b); Hutcheon et al., I977;...carbonaceous chondrites; however, mixtures of several meteorite types are more plausible than just a single type...12; normalized to log H = 12; log atomic, b. CI meteorite; log atomic normalized to log Mg + log Si = 15 |
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