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Enstatite 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:Enstatite
Formula:Mg2Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Enstatite 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:857104
Long-form Identifier:1:3:857104:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Enstatite
20.3km (12.6 miles) ⓘRenazzo meteorite, Renazzo, Cento, Ferrara Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
47.4km (29.5 miles) ⓘNoventa Vicentina meteorite, Noventa Vicentina, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
69.0km (42.9 miles) ⓘPiancaldoli meteorite, Fontanelice, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
94.9km (59.0 miles) ⓘTessera meteorite, Venice, Metropolitan City of Venice, 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
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
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
 
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