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Tridymite from
Juvinas meteorite, Labastide-sur-Bésorgues, Largentière, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Origin locality:4 Vesta, Main Belt Asteroids, Outer Space
Classification
Species:Tridymite
Formula:SiO2
Comments:Associated with Feldspar
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tridymite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Juvinas meteorite, Labastide-sur-Bésorgues, Largentière, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:900265
Long-form Identifier:1:3:900265:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tridymite
51.6km (32.0 miles) ⓘMont Denise, Espaly-Saint-Marcel, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
79.7km (49.5 miles) ⓘBouvante-le-Haut meteorite, Saint-Jean-en-Royans, Die, Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
References
Bertwerth, F. (1912) Quartz und Tridymite als Gemengteile der meteorischen Eukrite. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-net. Kl., Abt: pp. 763-785. (July 1912)
Chennaoui Aoudjehane, H. & Jambon, A. (2007) Determination of Silica Polymorphs in Eucrites by Cathodoluminescence (abstract): Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVIII: LPI Contribution No. 1338, pdf.1714. (March 2007)
 
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