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Chromite from
Allan Hills A76004 meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Chromite
Formula:Fe2+Cr23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chromite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Allan Hills A76004 meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:976403
Long-form Identifier:1:3:976403:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chromite
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘAllan Hills A77003 meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘAllan Hills A77304 meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘAllan Hills A77307 meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘAllan Hills A77005 Martian meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
38.0km (23.6 miles) ⓘAllan Hills A81005 meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
39.4km (24.5 miles) ⓘAllan Hills 83010 meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
76.8km (47.7 miles) ⓘAllan Hills 84001 Martian meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
77.6km (48.2 miles) ⓘElephant Moraine 83309 meteorite, Elephant Moraine, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
78.2km (48.6 miles) ⓘElephant Moraine A79001 Martian meteorite, Elephant Moraine, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
79.5km (49.4 miles) ⓘElephant Moraine 83213 meteorite, Elephant Moraine, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
References
Olsen, E. et al. (1978). Eleven new meteorites from Antarctica, 1976-1977, Meteoritics 3( 2): 209-225.
Brearley, A.J. & Jones, R.H. (1998) Chondritic Meteorites. In: Planetary Materials (Papike, JJ - Ed.), Chapter 3: 1-398: Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, DC, USA.
 
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