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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.1996.060.403.03</article-id>
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<subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
<subject>Mineralogy</subject>
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<article-title>Cellular Precipitates of Iron Oxide in Olivine in a Stratospheric Interplanetary Dust Particle</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Rietmeijer</surname>
<given-names>Frans J. M.</given-names>
</name>
<aff>Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA</aff></contrib></contrib-group>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<month>12</month>
<year>1996</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>60</volume>
<issue>403</issue>
<fpage>877</fpage>
<lpage>885</lpage>
<history>
<date date-type="received">
<day>19</day>
<month>1</month>
<year>1996</year>
</date>
<date date-type="rev-recd">
<day>10</day>
<month>4</month>
<year>1996</year>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 1996, The Mineralogical Society</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>1996</copyright-year>
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<title>Abstract</title>
<p>The petrology of a massive olivine-sulphide interplanetary dust particle shows melting of Fe,Ni-sulphide plus complete loss of sulphur and subsequent quenching to a mixture of iron-oxides and Fe,Ni-metal. Oxidation of the fayalite component in olivine produced maghemite discs and cellular intergrowths with olivine and rare andradite-rich garnet. Cellular reactions require no long-range solid-state diffusion and are kinetically favourable during pyrometamorphic oxidation. Local melting of the cellular intergrowths resulted in three dimensional symplectic textures. Dynamic pyrometamorphism of this asteroidal particle occurred at &#x223C;1100&#x00B0;C during atmospheric entry flash (5&#x2013;15 s) heating.</p></abstract>
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<title>Keywords</title>
<kwd>olivine</kwd>
<kwd>cellular precipitates</kwd>
<kwd>iron oxide</kwd>
<kwd>interplanetary dust</kwd>
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