A new mineral with an olivine structure and pyroxene composition in the shock-induced melt veins of Tenham L6 chondrite

American Mineralogist

Volumn 96, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 430-436

  Xie, Zhidong ^a   Sharp, Thomas G ^b   Leinenweber, Kurt ^c   DeCarli, Paul S ^d   Dera, Przemek ^e  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Melt vein; Olivine; Shock induced; Tenham

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM METALLOGRAPHY; ASPECT RATIO; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRON ALLOYS; IRON METALLOGRAPHY; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MAGNESIUM METALLOGRAPHY; METEORITES; OLIVINE; SILICATES; SILICON; SILICON ALLOYS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SODIUM ALLOYS; STOICHIOMETRY; TERNARY ALLOYS;

ACICULAR NANOCRYSTALS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; NON-STOICHIOMETRIC; POLYCRYSTALLINE AGGREGATES; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; SHOCK INDUCED; SYNCHROTRON X RAYS; TENHAM;

SODIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

CHONDRITE; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NEW MINERAL; OLIVINE GROUP; SILICATE MELT; STOICHIOMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 79952165937     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2011.3437     Document Type: Article

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