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The Molteno meteorite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

Michael J. Frost
Michael J. Frost*
Affiliation:
British Museum (Natural History), London, S.W. 7
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Summary

The Molteno meteorite was seen to fall in South Africa in 1953. It is a howardite, with pyroxene varying from En76Fs22Wo2 to En38Fs58Wo4 and then to En33Fs26Wo41. Also present are twinned plagioclase (An 84·4%) and small quantities of olivine (Fa 12%), troilite, nickel-iron (Ni 4%), ilmenite, and an aluminian chromite with 0·71% V2O3. A bulk analysis and analyses of the metal, troilite, and combined silicates and oxides are given.

Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 38 , Issue 293 , March 1971 , pp. 89 - 93
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1971

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Footnotes

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Present address: Dept. of Geology, Northern Polytechnic, London, N. 7.

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