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Fuc Bin–an L5 chondrite fall from Vietnam
Author(s) -
Mitreikina O. B.,
Zinovieva N. G.,
Granovsky L. B.,
Krot A. N.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1992.tb00227.x
Subject(s) - troilite , kamacite , pyroxene , chondrite , meteorite , chromite , geology , plagioclase , geochemistry , anorthosite , olivine , mineralogy , astrobiology , physics , paleontology , quartz
— A stony meteorite fell near the Fuc Bin village, Vietnam, in July, 1971. Based on optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and electron probe microanalysis, the meteorite is classified as an L5 chondrite that contains olivine (Fa 23.6 ), low‐Ca pyroxene (Fs 20.3 Wo 1.3 ), high‐Ca pyroxene (Fs 7.5 Wo 44.2 ), plagioclase (Ab 83.8 Or 5 ), chlorapatite, merrillite and opaque minerals: chromite, troilite, kamacite, taenite, tetrataenite and native copper.