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Saponite from
Acfer 059/El Djouf 001 meteorites, Bordj Badji Mokhtar, Bordj Badji Mokhtar District, Bordj Badji Mokhtar Province, Algeria


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Saponite
Formula:Ca0.25(Mg,Fe)3((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Comments:Saponite-serpentine intergrowths in some dark inclusions indicative of disequilibrium.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Saponite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Acfer 059/El Djouf 001 meteorites, Bordj Badji Mokhtar, Bordj Badji Mokhtar District, Bordj Badji Mokhtar Province, Algeria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:933654
Long-form Identifier:1:3:933654:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Greshake, Ansgar, Krot, Alexander N., Keil, Klaus (2004) Mineralogy and Chemistry of Fine-Grained Matrices, Rims, and Dark Inclusions in the CR Carbonaceous Chondrites Acfer/el Djouf 001 and the Ungrouped Carbonaceous Chondrites Acfer 094 and Adelaide. Workshop on Chondrites and Protoplanetary Disk.
 
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