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The Linum Chondrite
Author(s) -
Matthes J.,
Adam K.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1988.tb00927.x
Subject(s) - troilite , whitlockite , chondrite , electron microprobe , geochemistry , geology , plagioclase , olivine , meteorite , chromite , mineralogy , astrobiology , apatite , physics , paleontology , quartz
— Based on optical microscopy and electron microprobe analysis, Linum is classified as an L6b chondrite that contains olivine (Fa 24 ), orthopyroxene (Fs 20 ), clinopyroxene (Wo 45 En 47 Fs 8 ), plagioclase (An 10 Ab 84 Or 6 ), nickel‐iron, troilite, chromite and accessory amounts of chlorapatite and whitlockite.
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