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Magnetite from
Renazzo meteorite, Renazzo, Cento, Ferrara Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Renazzo meteorite, Renazzo, Cento, Ferrara Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:858500
Long-form Identifier:1:3:858500:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
20.3km (12.6 miles) ⓘ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
53.9km (33.5 miles) ⓘVarana ophiolite, Serramazzoni, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
58.4km (36.3 miles) ⓘSassomorello ophiolite, Sassomorello, Prignano sulla Secchia, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
58.6km (36.4 miles) ⓘMolino della Pozza, Monterenzio, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
59.2km (36.8 miles) ⓘPompeano ophiolite, Serramazzoni, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
60.4km (37.5 miles) ⓘPiancaldoli meteorite, Fontanelice, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
60.7km (37.7 miles) ⓘMonte Cavalloro, Riola, Vergato, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
61.3km (38.1 miles) ⓘSasso delle Macine (Sasso Verde della Mantesca), Piancaldoli, Firenzuola, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
61.3km (38.1 miles) ⓘSasso della Mantesca, Piancaldoli, Firenzuola, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
61.7km (38.3 miles) ⓘMonte Cero, Baone, Padova Province, Veneto, Italy
References
Mason, B., and Wiik, H.B. (1962) The Renazzo meteorite. American Museum Novitates, number 2106, 11 pp.
Buseck, P. R., and Hua, X. (1993) Matrices of carbonaceous chondrite meteorites. Annual Review of Earth & Planetary Sciences, 21, 255-305.
Schrader, Devin L., Connolly, Harold C., Lauretta, Dante S. (2008) Opaque phases in type-II chondrules from CR2 chondrites: Implications for CR parent body formation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72 (24) 6124-6140 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2008.09.011
Schrader, D. L., Zega, T. J., Lauretta, D., and Connolly, H.C. (2009) Microstructure of sulfide-assemblages in a Renazzo type-II chondrule as revealed by transmission electron microscopy. 40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, (Lunar and Planetary Science, XL), id. #2181.
 
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