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Shahdad meteorite, Kerman meteorite field, Kerman County, Kerman Province, Irani
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Shahdad meteoriteMeteorite Fall Location
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Kerman CountyCounty
Kerman ProvinceProvince
IranCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
30° 33' 13'' North , 57° 47' 2'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
30.55383,57.78417
GeoHash:
G#: tm3jffjhu
GRN:
N21E36
Type:
Meteorite Fall Location
Meteorite Class:
H5 chondrite meteorite
Meteoritical Society Class:
H5
Metbull:
View entry in Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Köppen climate type:
BWh : Hot deserts climate
Mindat Locality ID:
413399
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:413399:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Official name: Shahdad
Observed fall: no
Found: 2005
Coordinates (Meteoritical Bulletin 103): 30°33.23’N, 57°47.05’E
Recovered weight: 1074 g
H5 chondrite, weathering grade W4

A single stone found by Ardeshir Hezarkhani and Reza Sangghaleh in 2005 in the moving sand, northeast of Shahdad.

Olivine Fa18.4

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6 valid minerals.

Meteorite/Rock Types Recorded

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Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Anorthite
Formula: Ca(Al2Si2O8)
ⓘ Forsterite
Formula: Mg2SiO4
ⓘ Goethite
Formula: Fe3+O(OH)
ⓘ Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
ⓘ 'Iron Group'
ⓘ Maghemite
Formula: (Fe3+0.67◻0.33)Fe3+2O4
ⓘ 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
ⓘ Troilite
Formula: FeS

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘTroilite2.CC.10FeS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘGoethite4.00.Fe3+O(OH)
ⓘMaghemite4.BB.15(Fe3+0.67◻0.33)Fe3+2O4
ⓘHematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘForsterite9.AC.05Mg2SiO4
ⓘAnorthite9.FA.35Ca(Al2Si2O8)
Unclassified
ⓘ'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'-
ⓘ'Iron Group'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
OOxygen
Oⓘ AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)
Oⓘ ForsteriteMg2SiO4
Oⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Oⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Oⓘ Maghemite(Fe3+0.67◻0.33)Fe23+O4
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ ForsteriteMg2SiO4
AlAluminium
Alⓘ AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)
SiSilicon
Siⓘ AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)
Siⓘ ForsteriteMg2SiO4
SSulfur
Sⓘ TroiliteFeS
CaCalcium
Caⓘ AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)
FeIron
Feⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Feⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Feⓘ Maghemite(Fe3+0.67◻0.33)Fe23+O4
Feⓘ TroiliteFeS

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

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Indian Plate (India Plate)

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References

Pourkhorsandi, H., Gattacceca, J., Rochette, P., D'Orazio, M., Kamali, H., de Avillez, R., Letichevsky, S., Djamali, M., Mirnejad, H., Debaille, V., and Jull, A. J.T. (2019) Meteorites from the Lut Desert (Iran). Meteoritics & Planetary Science 54, 8, 1737–1763.
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