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Fayalite-Forsterite Series from
Vigarano meteorite (Cariani; Ferrara; Mainardi; Morandi; Parish; Pieve; Vigarano Mainarda; Vigarano Pieve; Vigarno; Vigarvano; Vigavano [NHM cat.]), Vigarano Pieve, Vigarano Mainarda, Ferrara Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' (not an IMA approved species)
Comments:Olivine composition in the range Fo42-99.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyroxene Group1
Augite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fayalite-Forsterite Series data
Locality Data:Click here to view Vigarano meteorite (Cariani; Ferrara; Mainardi; Morandi; Parish; Pieve; Vigarano Mainarda; Vigarano Pieve; Vigarno; Vigarvano; Vigavano [NHM cat.]), Vigarano Pieve, Vigarano Mainarda, Ferrara Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:351365
Long-form Identifier:1:3:351365:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fayalite-Forsterite Series
47.8km (29.7 miles) ⓘMonte Gemola Saddle (Sella dello Scagno), Baone, Padova Province, Veneto, Italy
48.8km (30.3 miles) ⓘAlbareto meteorite, Albareto, Modena, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
54.5km (33.8 miles) ⓘPendisetta-Rocca Pendice, Teolo, Padova Province, Veneto, Italy
69.0km (42.9 miles) ⓘPiancaldoli meteorite, Fontanelice, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
90.4km (56.2 miles) ⓘMonte di Malo Quarry (Canova bentonite quarry), Contrada Vanzi, Monte di Malo, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
90.8km (56.4 miles) ⓘFosse di Novale, Rossati (Contrada Rossati di Sotto), Novale, Valdagno, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
References
Rosati, A. (1910a) Studio microscopico della meteorite caduta a Vigarano Pieve, presso Ferrara, il 22 gennaio 1910. Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, serie 5, Rendiconti, 19, 1° semestre, 841-846
Rosati, A. (1910b) Studio microscopico di una seconda meteorite trovata a Vigarano Pieve, presso Ferrara, nel febbraio 1910. Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, serie 5, Rendiconti, 19, 2° semestre, 25-27
Krot, A.N., Scott, E.R.D., and Zolensky, Z.M. (1995) Mineralogical and chemical modification of components in CV3 Chondrites: Nebular or asteroidal processing? Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 30, 6, 748-775
Lee, M.R., Hutchinson, R., and Graham, A.L. (1996) Aqueous alteration in the matrix of the Vigarano (CV3) carbonaceous chondrite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 31, 4, 477-483
Tomeoka, Kazushige, Tanimura, Itaru (2000) Phyllosilicate-rich chondrule rims in the Vigarano CV3 chondrite: evidence for parent-body processes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 64 (11). 1971-1988 doi:10.1016/s0016-7037(00)00332-x
Cosarinsky, M., Leshin, L.A., MacPherson, G.J., and Guan, Y. (2001) Fine-grained rims around calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions in the Vigarano and Allende CV chondrites: Petrography and oxygen isotopic composition. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 36, Supplement, page A44-A45
Krot, A.N., Hutcheon, I. D., and Keil, K. (2002) Plagioclase-rich chondrules in the reduced CV chondrites: Evidence for complex formation history and genetic links between calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions and ferromagnesian chondrules. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 37, 2, 155-182
Bonal, L., Quirico, E., Bourot-Denise, M., and Montagnac, G. (2006) Determination of the petrologic type of CV3 chondrites by Raman spectroscopy of included organic matter. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70, 7, 1849–1863
Abreau, N. M., Brearley, A. J. (2011) Deciphering the nebular and asteroidal record in silicates and organic material in the matrix of the reduced CV3 chondrite Vigarano. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 46, 2 (Feb. 2011), 252-274
Ma, C., Yoshizaki, T., Krot, A.N., Beckett, J.R., Nakamura, T., Nagashima, K., Muto, J., and Ivanova, M.A. (2017b) Discovery of rubinite, Ca3Ti3+2Si3O12, a new garnet mineral in refractory inclusions from carbonaceous chondrites. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (LPI Contrib. No. 1987), paper id. 6023.
 
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