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Melilite Group 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:'Melilite Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:A2M(XSiO7)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Melilite Group 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:351376
Long-form Identifier:1:3:351376:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Melilite Group
20.3km (12.6 miles) ⓘRenazzo meteorite, Renazzo, Cento, Ferrara Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
References
Zinner, E. K. , Caillet, C., and El Goresy, A. (1989) Mg- and O-isotopic compositions of periclase, spinel, and melilite from Vigarano CAI 477B. Abstracts of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, volume 20, 1245-1246
Sylvester, P.J., Simon, S.B., and Grossman, L. (1993) Refractory inclusions from the Leoville, Efremovka, and Vigarano C3V chondrites: Major element differences between Types A and B, and extraordinary refractory siderophile element compositions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 57, 15, 3763-3784
Maruyama, S., Kunihiro, T., Nakamura, E. (2008) A hercynite-rich inclusion in the Vigarano CV3 chondrite. 71st Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, held July 28-August 1, 2008 in Matsue, Japan. Meteoritics & Planetary Science Supplement, Vol. 43, paper id. 5183
Ma, C., Krot, A.N., Beckett, J.R., Nagashima, K. and Tschauner, O. (2015) Discovery of warkite, Ca2Sc6Al6O20, a new Sc-rich ultra-refractory mineral in Murchinson and Vigarano. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, volume 50, paper id. 5025.
 
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