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<journal-id journal-id-type="archive">gsminmag</journal-id>
<journal-title>Mineralogical Magazine</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="full">Mineralogical Magazine</abbrev-journal-title>
<issn pub-type="ppub">0026-461X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name>Mineralogical Society</publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1180/minmag.1971.038.295.08</article-id>
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<article-title>The Sitathali Meteorite</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Viswanathan</surname>
<given-names>T. V.</given-names>
</name></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Sen Gupta</surname>
<given-names>N. R.</given-names>
</name></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Das Gupta</surname>
<given-names>D. R.</given-names>
</name></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Banerjee</surname>
<given-names>S.</given-names>
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<aff>Geological Survey of India,<xref ref-type="author-notes" rid="FN1">1</xref> a Calcutta-13</aff></contrib-group>
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<fn fn-type="other" id="FN1"><label>1</label><p>Published with the kind permission of the Director-General, Geological Survey of India.</p></fn></author-notes>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<month>9</month>
<year>1971</year>
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<volume>38</volume>
<issue>295</issue>
<fpage>335</fpage>
<lpage>343</lpage>
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<date date-type="received">
<day>1</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>1969</year>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 1971, The Mineralogical Society</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>1971</copyright-year>
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<title>Summary</title>
<p>Sitathali is an olivine-bronzite chondrite, consisting largely of olivine (Fa<sub>18</sub>) and orthopyroxene (Fs<sub>19</sub>) with minor amounts of a clinopyroxene (Ca<sub>36</sub>Fe<sub>12</sub>Mg<sub>52</sub>), plagioclase (An<sub>12</sub>), nickel-iron, troilite, chromite, and a phosphate (apatite or merrillite). The chemical analysis of a 4 gm sample gave SiO<sub>2</sub> 39&#x00B7;85, TiO<sub>2</sub> 0&#x00B7;10, Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> 2&#x00B7;84, Cr<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> 0&#x00B7;35, FeO 13&#x00B7;27, MnO 0&#x00B7;28, MgO 23&#x00B7;01, CaO 1&#x00B7;84, Na<sub>2</sub>O 0&#x00B7;65, K<sub>2</sub>O 0&#x00B7;15, H<sub>2</sub>O+ 0&#x00B7;23, H<sub>2</sub>O&#x2212; 0&#x00B7;05, P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> 0&#x00B7;25, FeS 5&#x00B7;09, Fe 10&#x00B7;22, Ni 1&#x00B7;58, Co tr. total 99&#x00B7;76. The metal displays Neumann bands, some deformed, as well as areas of apparent flowage. Troilite locally exhibits twin lamellae and in places replaces kamacite in the plessite fields. Elsewhere it is in braided veinlets and globules, both reflecting former melting. The varied textures suggest a complex post-formational history encompassing several deformational events presumably due to breakups and possible extraterrestrial impacts.</p></abstract>
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