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Liebermannite from
Zagami Martian meteorite, Faskari, Katsina, Nigeria


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Liebermannite, etc.

Zagami Martian meteorite, Faskari, Katsina, Nigeria
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Liebermannite, etc.

Zagami Martian meteorite, Faskari, Katsina, Nigeria
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Liebermannite, etc.

Zagami Martian meteorite, Faskari, Katsina, Nigeria
Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Origin locality:Mars
Classification
Species:Liebermannite
Formula:KAlSi3O8
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pigeonite2
Baddeleyite2
Augite2
Chlorapatite1
Stishovite1
Pyrrhotite1
Lingunite1
Merrillite1
Maskelynite1
Ilmenite1
Magnetite1
- var Titanium-bearing Magnetite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Liebermannite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Zagami Martian meteorite, Faskari, Katsina, Nigeria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:891727
Long-form Identifier:1:3:891727:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Langenhorst, F. and Poirier, J.-P. (2000): ‘Eclogitic’ minerals in a shocked basaltic meteorite. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 176, 259-265. [as "KAlSi3O8-hollandite"]
Ma, C., Tschauner, O., Beckett, J.R., Rossman, G.R. (2015) Liebermannite: A new potassic hollandite (KAlSi3O8) from the Zagami basaltic shergottite. 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 1401.
Ma, Chi, Tschauner, Oliver, Beckett, John R., Rossman, George R., Prescher, Clemens, Prakapenka, Vitali B., Bechtel, Hans A., MacDowell, Alastair (2018) Liebermannite, KAlSi3 O8 , a new shock-metamorphic, high-pressure mineral from the Zagami Martian meteorite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 53 (1) 50-61 doi:10.1111/maps.13000
Ma, Chi, Tschauner, Oliver, Beckett, John R., Greenberg, Eran, Prakapenka, Vitali B. (2024) Zagamiite, CaAl2Si3.5O11, the Hexagonal High-Pressure CAS Phase with Dominant Si, as a Mineral from Mars. Minerals, 14 (1) doi:10.3390/min14010018
 
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