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Tenham chondrite
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Tenham chondrite

meteorite
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  • Figure 2: Portion of the idealized structure of olivine projected perpendicular to the a axis showing the positions of the M1 and M2 octahedral sites.
    olivine
    / Meteorites and the Earth’s mantle

    …has been recorded in the Tenham (Queensland, Australia) chondrite as pseudomorphs after olivine. Portions of some large grains of olivine immediately adjacent to black, shock-generated veins are recognized as transforms to the spinel phase; the associated plagioclase feldspar was converted to maskelynite. The composition of the spinel phase in the…

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    …has been recorded in the Tenham (Queensland, Australia) chondrite as pseudomorphs after olivine. Portions of some large grains of olivine immediately adjacent to black, shock-generated veins are recognized as transforms to the spinel phase; the associated plagioclase feldspar was converted to maskelynite. The composition of the spinel phase in the…

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