Krotite, CaAl2O4, a new refractory mineral from the NWA 1934 meteorite

American Mineralogist

Volumn 96, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 709-715

  Ma, Chi ^a   Kampf, Anthony R ^b   Connolly Jr , Harold C ^c,d,e,f   Beckett, John R ^a   Rossman, George R ^a   Smith, Stuart A Sweeney ^e,g   Schrader, Devin L ^f  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^c KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

CV3 carbonaceous chondrite; EBSD; Krotite; New mineral; NWA 1934 meteorite; Refractory inclusion; XRD

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CALCIUM OXIDE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; PEROVSKITE; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; EBSD; ELECTRON MICROPROBES; KROTITE; NEW MINERAL; OPTICAL ORIENTATION; SINGLE CRYSTAL DATA;

METEORITES;

CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; KROTITE; METEORITE; NEW MINERAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79958256716     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2011.3693     Document Type: Article

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