Climus: A New Chondrite Fall
Abstract
Cilimus is a new Indonesian chondrite. Its mineralogy and chemistry categorize it as a veined, intermediate-to-white hypersthene or L-5 chondrite. Black veins and impact-produced glasses including maskelynite show evidence that Cilimus has been severely shocked.
- Publication:
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Meteoritics
- Pub Date:
- March 1981
- DOI:
- 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1981.tb00186.x
- Bibcode:
- 1981Metic..16...69M
- Keywords:
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- Chondrites;
- Meteoritic Composition;
- Meteoritic Microstructures;
- Mineralogy;
- Structural Analysis;
- Chromites;
- Olivine;
- Pyroxenes;
- Troilite;
- METEORITES;
- CHONDRITES;
- CILIMUS METEORITE;
- MINERALOGY;
- TROILITE;
- METALS;
- CHEMISTRY;
- CLASSIFICATION;
- L5 CHONDRITES;
- MASKELYNITE;
- CHROMITE;
- DATA;
- SHOCK;
- PETROGRAPHY;
- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS;
- ANALYSIS;
- PHOTOGRAPHS;
- COMPOSITION;
- OLIVINE;
- PYROXENE;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration; Meteorites;
- Meteorites;
- Named