Cellular precipitates of iron oxide in olivine in a stratospheric interplanetary dust particle

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 877-885

  Rietmeijer, Frans J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular precipitates; Interplanetary dust; Iron oxide; Olivine

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; DUST; IRON; MELTING; NICKEL; OLIVINE; SILICATE MINERALS; SOLID STATE REACTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY; CELLULAR REACTIONS; INTER-GROWTHS; INTERPLANETARY DUST; INTERPLANETARY DUST PARTICLES; LOCAL MELTING; SOLID-STATE DIFFUSION; SYMPLECTIC;

IRON OXIDES;

CELLULAR PRECIPITATE; INTERPLANETARY DUST; IRON OXIDE; OLIVINE;

EID: 0030435061     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1996.060.403.03     Document Type: Article

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