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Orthopyroxene Subgroup from
Butsura meteorite, West (Pashchim) Champaran District, Bihar, India


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:'Orthopyroxene Subgroup' (not an IMA approved species)
Comments:Orthopyroxene, Ca-poor [Fs~17]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Orthopyroxene Subgroup data
Locality Data:Click here to view Butsura meteorite, West (Pashchim) Champaran District, Bihar, India
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:967031
Long-form Identifier:1:3:967031:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Orthopyroxene Subgroup
45.0km (28.0 miles) ⓘZhongba ophiolite, Zhongba Co., Xigazê Prefecture (Rikaze Prefecture; Shigatse Prefecture), Tibet, China
References
Keil, Klaus, Fredriksson, Kurt (1964) The iron, magnesium, and calcium distribution in coexisting olivines and rhombic pyroxenes of chondrites. Journal of Geophysical Research, 69 (16) 3487-3515 doi:10.1029/jz069i016p03487
Ashworth, J.R. (1981) Fine Structure in-group chondrites: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. A374 (1757): 179-194. (Feb 1981).
Dunn, T.L. (2008) Determination of Mineral Abundances in Ordinary Chondrites Using Powder X-ray Diffraction: Applications to Parent Body Processes and Asteroid Spectroscopy. Doctoral Dissertation: Univ. Tenn., Knoxville. 161 pages.
Dunn, T.L., Cressy, G., McSween Jr, H.Y. & McCoy, T.J. (2010) Analysis of ordinary chondrites using powder X-ray diffraction: 1. Modal mineral abundances. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 45(1):123-134. (Jan 2010). (Jan 2010).
Grady, M. M., Pratesi, G., Moggi-Cecchi, V. (2015) Atlas of Meteorites. Cambridge University Press.
 
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