The El Ali (Somalia) IAB Iron Meteorite: New Minerals Reflecting Unusual Conditions of Formation
Herd C. D. K.* Locock A. J. Saini R. Ma C. 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2023 abstract [#2220] Giant iron mass / Reveals three new minerals / Scientists elation.
Zolenskyite, FeCr2S4, a new sulfide mineral from the Indarch meteorite
Zolenskyite, FeCr2S4, a new sulfide mineral from the Indarch meteorite Chi Ma; Alan E. Rubin American Mineralogist June 01, 2022, Vol.107, 1030-1033 LINK “Zolenskyite (IMA 2020-070), FeCr2S4, is a new sulfide mineral that occurs within…
New minerals in type A inclusions from Allende and clues to processes in the early solar system: Paqueite, Ca3TiSi2(Al,Ti,Si)3O14, and burnettite, CaVAlSiO6
Chi Ma, John R. Beckett, François L. H. Tissot, George R. Rossman MAPSVersion of Record online: 12 May 2022 LINK “Paqueite (Ca3TiSi2[Al,Ti,Si]3O14; IMA 2013-053) and burnettite (CaVAlSiO6; IMA 2013-054) are new refractory minerals, occurring as…
Beckettite, Ca2V6Al6O20, a new mineral in a Type A refractory inclusion from Allende and clues to processes in the early solar system
Chi Ma, Alexander N. Krot, Julie Paque, Oliver Tschauner, Kazuhide Nagashima Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 07 December 2021 LINK “Beckettite (Ca2V6Al6O20; IMA 2015-001) is a newly discovered refractory mineral, occurring as micrometer-sized…
Raman spectroscopic and geochemical studies of primary and secondary minerals in Martian meteorite Northwest Africa 10720
Haijun Cao, Jian Chen, Xiaohui Fu, Yanqing Xin, Xiaobin Qi, Erbin Shi, Zongcheng Ling, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 2021, 1First published: 27 September 2021 LINK “Petrological and mineralogical analyses of Northwest Africa (NWA) 10720 indicate…
An evolutionary system of mineralogy, Part IV: Planetesimal differentiation and impact mineralization (4566 to 4560 Ma)
Shaunna M. Morrison, Robert M. Hazen American Mineralogist (2021) 106 (5): 730–761 LINK “The fourth installment of the evolutionary system of mineralogy considers two stages of planetesimal mineralogy that occurred early in the history of…
Editorial for Special Issue “Mineralogy of Meteorites”
Victor V. Sharygin Minerals 2021, 11, 363 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) Published: 31 March 2021(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mineralogy of Meteorites
Abiotic Synthesis of Organic Matter in Aqueous Environments Simulating Parent Bodies of Meteorites and the Effects of Minerals on the Production of Amino Acids
W. Elmasry, Kebukawa Y., Shibuya T., Kobayashi K. 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2021), Abstract #1775 PDF “Minerals affected the formation of amino acids in aqueous environments in small solar system bodies and that…
Wangdaodeite, the LiNbO3‐structured high‐pressure polymorph of ilmenite, a new mineral from the Suizhou L6 chondrite
Xiande Xie, Xiangping Gu, Hexiong Yang, Ming Chen, Kai Li Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 19 December 2019 LINK “Wangdaodeite, the shock‐induced lithium niobate–structured polymorph of ilmenite, was found in the Suizhou L6 chondrite….
Edscottite, Fe5C2, a new iron carbide mineral from the Ni-rich Wedderburn IAB iron meteorite
Chi Ma and Alan E. Rubin American Mineralogist, Volume 104, pages 1351–1355, 2019 LINK PDF “Edscottite (IMA 2018-086a), Fe5C2, is a new iron carbide mineral that occurs with low-Ni iron (kamacite), taenite, nickelphosphide (Ni-dominant schreibersite),…
