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Chromite from
Pasamonte meteorite, Union County, New Mexico, USA


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 Pasamonte meteorite, Union County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:903071
Long-form Identifier:1:3:903071:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chromite
22.4km (13.9 miles) ⓘBeenham meteorite, Union County, New Mexico, USA
59.7km (37.1 miles) ⓘFarley meteorite, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA
69.3km (43.1 miles) ⓘPalo Blanco Creek meteorite, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA
77.8km (48.3 miles) ⓘRoy (1933) meteorite, Harding County, New Mexico, USA
79.7km (49.5 miles) ⓘAbbott meteorite, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA
References
146-157 (Jan/Feb 1971)
Foshag, W. F. (1938) Petrology of the Pasamonte, New Mexico, Meteorite: American Journal of Science 235: 374-382.
Bunch, T. E., Keil, Klaus (1971) Chromite and ilmenite in non-chondritic meteorites. American Mineralogist, 56 (1-2) 146-157
Harlow, G. E. & Klimentidis, R. (1980) Clouding of pyroxene and plagioclase in eucrites - Implications for post-crystallization processing: Lunar Planetary Science Conference XI, Proceedings. Volume 2: 1131-1143.
Hunt, W. F., Schwartz, J. M. & McCallum, I. S. (2005) Comparative study of equilibrated and unequilibrated eucrites: Subsolidus thermal histories of Haraiya and Pasamonte. The American Mineralogist 90 (11): 1871-1886.
 
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