| Locality type: | Meteorite Fall Location |
| Origin locality: | Mars |
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| Species: | Spinel |
| Formula: | MgAl2O4 |
| Comments: | Hercynitic spinel in pyroxene cores. |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Spinel data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Queen Alexandra Range 94201 Martian meteorite, Queen Alexandra Range, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 932230 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:932230:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 261857e2-839c-4fb9-8680-7981c2cf24f3 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Spinel |
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| 78.1km (48.6 miles) | ⓘLewis Cliff 86010 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica |
| 80.1km (49.8 miles) | ⓘLewis Cliff 85311 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica |
| 83.1km (51.6 miles) | ⓘLewis Cliff 87051 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica |
| 83.7km (52.0 miles) | ⓘLewis Cliff 87232 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica |
| 88.9km (55.2 miles) | ⓘMacAlpine Hills 88136 meteorite, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Crystallization conditions of Los Angeles, a basaltic Martian meteorite DIMITRIOS XIROUCHAKIS,1,* DAVID S. DRAPER...minerals in Los Angeles and other similar basaltic Martian meteorites can control the T-fO2 equilibration...relative differences in fO2 among the basaltic Martian meteorites. Copyright © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd...alternative reaction, that takes place throughout a range of pressure conditions, could have been the transformation...INTRODUCTION AND PREVIOUS WORK The basaltic Martian meteorite Los Angeles, a microgabbro, was first described |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | accepted in revised form February 21, 2003) Abstract—Martian meteorites Sayh al Uhaymir (SaU) 005 and lithology...between mg 78 and 73. (4) Chromite cores of composite spinel grains are riddled with cracks, indicating that...and Treiman, 1998). However, recently discovered Martian meteorites include olivinephyric basalts (Table... Eighteen of the 26 meteorites believed to be Martian rocks are classified as shergottites (Table 1)...Basaltic shergottites Shergotty Zagami EET-Be QUE 94201 Los Angeles NWA 480 NWA 856 Dhofar 378 Olivine-phyric |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (Dhofar 007) and noncumulated (NWA 011). Results: A meteorite shower, 37 pieces weighing a total of 21,270 g...(0.05-0.1 mm). Accessories are metal, troilite, spinel, ilmenite, and quartz. Mineralogical mode (in volume...in the range of cumulated eucrites; the REE pattern supports a cumulate type of this meteorite also. At...At the other side the data of NWA 011 are in the range of main group noncumulated eucrites; the REE pattern...pattern supports a noncumulate type of this meteorite. Thus, these two meteorites belong to different types |
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