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Troilite from
Ness County (1894) meteorite, Ness County, Kansas, USA


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Troilite
Formula:FeS
Comments:Networks of previously mobilized interstitial troilite present.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Troilite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ness County (1894) meteorite, Ness County, Kansas, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1029510
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1029510:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Troilite
23.5km (14.6 miles) ⓘBison meteorite, Rush County, Kansas, USA
30.2km (18.8 miles) ⓘBurdett meteorite, Pawnee County, Kansas, USA
48.0km (29.8 miles) ⓘOtis meteorite, Rush County, Kansas, USA
50.8km (31.5 miles) ⓘLarned meteorite, Pawnee County, Kansas, USA
86.0km (53.4 miles) ⓘInman meteorite, McPherson County, Kansas, USA
98.4km (61.1 miles) ⓘPenokee meteorite, Graham County, Kansas, USA
References
Farrington, O.C. (1915). Catalogue of the meteorites of North America: Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 13: Washington. 545 pages.
Knox Jr., R. (1963) The microstructure of several stony meteorites: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 27(3): 261-268. (March 1963).
Ramdohr, Paul (1972) The Opaque Minerals in Stony Meteorites. De Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9783112651025
Rubin, A.E. & Read, W.F. (1984) The Brownell and Ness County (1894) L6 Chondrites: Further sorting-out of Ness County meteorites. Meteoritics 19(3):153-160. (Sept 1984).
 
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