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Enstatite from
Happy Canyon meteorite, Armstrong County, Texas, USA


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Enstatite
Formula:Mg2Si2O6
Comments:Fa 0.4% according to Olsen et al., (1976); McCoy et al.,(1995) find that the fine-grained lithology (30 vol% of the meteorite) consists of ~90% enstatite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
EL6/7 chondrite meteorite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Enstatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Happy Canyon meteorite, Armstrong County, Texas, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:807808
Long-form Identifier:1:3:807808:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Enstatite
32.2km (20.0 miles) ⓘTulia (A) meteorite, Swisher County, Texas, USA
52.9km (32.9 miles) ⓘUmbarger meteorite, Randall County, Texas, USA
References
Olsen, E., Bunch, T., Jarosewich, E. & Huss, G. I. (1976) Happy Canyon: An E-7 enstatite chondrite (abstract), Meteoritics 11 (4): 348-349. (Dec 1976)
Watters, T. R. & Prinz, M (1979) Aubrites - Their origin and relationship to enstatite chondrites. In: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 10th, Houston, Tex., March 19-23, 1979, Proceedings. Volume 1. (A80-23557 08-91) New York, Pergamon Press, Inc., 1979, p. 1073-1093.
McCoyet al., (1995) Origin and history of impact-melt rocks of enstatite chondrite parentage, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 59 (1):161-175. (Jan 1995)
 
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