Chapter 5 Ringwoodite

its importance in Earth Sciences

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Author(s)
Nestola, Fabrizio
Contributor(s)
Armbruster, Thomas (editor)
Micaela Danisi, Rosa (editor)
Collection
European Research Council (ERC)
Language
English
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Abstract
The history of ringwoodite started in 1869 in a remote locality in the south-west of Queensland in Australia. Mr. Michael Hammond witnessed a meteorite shower close to the junction between Cooper and Kyabra Creeks (Lat. 25° 30S., Long. 142° 40E.),not far from Windorah (Queensland, Australia) and about 1000 km west of Brisbane. The meteorite fall was very impressive and in due course 102 stones were recovered. Mr. Hammond was the owner of the Tenham Station and from this the meteorite collection was named as “Tenham meteorites”. This collection was then offered in 1935 to the British Museum by Mr. Benjamin Dunstan, formerly Government Geologist of Queensland.
Book
Highlights in Mineralogical Crystallography
URI
https://doab-dev.siscern.org/handle/20.500.12854/191564
Keywords
Crystallography; Mineralogy; Quasicrystal; Ringwoodite; Nanocrystal; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics::PHF Materials / States of matter::PHFC Condensed matter physics (liquid state and solid state physics); thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PN Chemistry::PNT Crystallography; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PN Chemistry::PNV Chemistry of minerals, crystals and gems; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TG Mechanical engineering and materials::TGM Materials science
DOI
10.1515/9783110417104-007
ISBN
9783110417043; 9783110417210
Publisher
De Gruyter
Publisher website
http://www.degruyter.com/
Publication date and place
Berlin/Boston, 2015
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