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Science 7 April 1967:
Vol. 156. no. 3771, pp. 61 - 62
DOI: 10.1126/science.156.3771.61
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Amphibole: First Occurrence in a Meteorite

Edward Olsen 1

1 Department of Geology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois 60605

This is the first report of an amphibole mineral found in any meteorite. The amphibole richterite (soda tremolite), Na2Ca(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH, F)2, occurs as a primary (preterrestrial) mineral enclosed within graphite nodules in the iron meteorite from Wichita County, Texas.


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