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THE LANDES METEORITE
Author(s) -
Bunch T. E.,
Keil Klaus,
Huss Glenn I.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1972.tb00421.x
Subject(s) - meteorite , silicate , recrystallization (geology) , geology , geochemistry , mineral , silicate minerals , mineralogy , astrobiology , materials science , chemistry , paleontology , metallurgy , physics , organic chemistry
The Landes silicate‐bearing octahedrite is a new find from Grant County, West Virginia. Minerals and their compositions are very similar to those in Odessa‐type silicate inclusions. The angular nature of the inclusions, recrystallization textures, and mineral compositions indicate a “xenolithic” origin for the inclusions.