Locality type:

Meteorite Fall Location

Classification

Species:

Iron var: Kamacite

Formula:

(Fe,Ni)

Comments:

Composition (6% Ni) typical for many slowly cooled meteorites.

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Emery meteorite, Hanson County, South Dakota, USA

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

930378

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:930378:2

GUID (UUID V4):

6cdb017e-54ff-4146-8a46-36a09f2f101a

Nearest other occurrences of Kamacite

82.5km (51.3 miles)

ⓘ Cavour meteorite, Beadle County, South Dakota, USA

References

Mason, B. & Jarosewich, E. (1973) The Barea, Dyarrl Island, and Emery meteorites, and a review of the mesosiderites: Mineralogical Magazine 39 (302): 202-215. (June 1973)

Hewins, R. H., Kulpecz, A. A., Jr., Prinz, M., & Floran, R. J. (1977) Preliminary Observations on Metal-Silicate Relations in the Emery Mesosiderite: Meteoritics 12: 254-257. (Sept 1977)

Delaney, J. S., Prinz, M., Harlow, G. E., & Nehru, C. E. (1982) Metamorphism in mesosiderites. In: Proceedings of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XII . Section 2. p. 1315-1342: New York and Oxford, Pergamon Press.

Reference Search (possible matching items)

	*Mason, Brian, Jarosewich, E. (1973) The Barea, Dyarrl Island, and Emery meteorites, and a review of the mesosiderites. Mineralogical Magazine, 39 (302) 204-215 doi:10.1180/minmag.1973.039.302.08*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	PP" 2 0 4 - - I 5 The Barea, Dyarrl Island, and Emery meteorites, and a review of the mesosiderites B...Institution, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. SU MMARY. Barea and Emery are typical mesosiderites, whereas Dyarrl Island...and the highest FeO/(FeO-L MgO) ratio of any meteorite of this class. Average pyroxene compositions have...unanalysed mesosiderites: Barea, Dyarrl Island, and Emery. Barea is the first mesosiderite observed to fall...spelling of meteorite names even when it is incorrect (e.g. Quenggouk, Durala, Dyalpur). Emery was found
	Bogard, D.D, Garrison, D.H, Jordan, auJ.L, Mittlefehldt, D (1990) 39Ar-40Ar dating of mesosiderites: Evidence for major parent body disruption < 4 Ga ago. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 54 (9) 2549-2564 doi:10.1016/0016-7037(90)90241-c	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Center, Houston, TX 77058, USA 2LockheedESC, 2400 Nasa Road 1, Houston, TX 77058, USA (Received December 28...also concluded that textural relationships in kamacite-taenite developed in situ after the metal-silicate... ( 1978) Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 77710, USA. 2549 D. D. Bogard et al. 2550 reported a 87Rb-87Srisochron...compare these ages with analogous data for other meteorite types and lunar highland rocks. It was hoped that...and DURRANI,1980). The remaining five whole rocks-Emery, Hainholz, Lowicz, Simondium and Veramin-were prepared

Kamacite from Emery meteorite, Hanson County, South Dakota, USA

Kamacite from
Emery meteorite, Hanson County, South Dakota, USA