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A Second Note on the Exclusively Meteoritic Minerals
Author(s) -
Neuerburg George J.
Publication year - 1949
Publication title -
contributions of the meteoritical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0096-2805
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1949.tb00085.x
Subject(s) - troilite , meteorite , astrobiology , whitlockite , geology , mineralogy , chondrite , physics , apatite
Troilite, which has been contended recently to be exclusively meteoritic, has one well‐authenticated terrestrial occurrence. The identification of terrestrial clinoenstatite and clinohypersthene is subject to considerable doubt; it is therefore suggested that these minerals should be included in the list of exclusively meteoritic minerals. It is suggested further that taenite is properly excluded from this list. The revised list contains clinoenstatite (?), clinohypersthene (?), daubréelite, kosmochlor, merrillite (?), oldhamite, osbornite, phosphorus, schreibersite, and weinbergerite.