Enstatite is a mineral; the magnesium endmember of the pyroxene silicate mineral series enstatite (MgSiO3) – ferrosilite (FeSiO3). The magnesium rich...
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Enstatite chondrites (E-type chondrites) are a rare form of meteorite, rich in the mineral enstatite. Only about 200 E-Type chondrites are currently[when...
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preferring to categorise this mineral as enstatite or ferrosilite. It forms a solid solution series with the minerals enstatite and ferrosilite, being a mid-way...
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Chondrite (section Enstatite chondrites)
of the various classification schemes is provided in the table below. Enstatite chondrites (also known as E-type chondrites) are a rare form of meteorite...
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E-type asteroids are asteroids thought to have enstatite (MgSiO3) achondrite surfaces. They form a large proportion of asteroids inward of the asteroid...
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chondrite class H chondrite group L chondrite group LL chondrite group Enstatite chondrite class EH chondrite group EL chondrite group Other chondrite...
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Dolomite Dumortierite Ekanite Elbaite Emerald Trapiche emerald (var.) Enstatite Bronzite Hypersthene Eosphorite Epidote Piemontite Erythrite Esperite...
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calcium–iron–magnesium pyroxenes are defined in the 'pyroxene quadrilateral'. The enstatite-ferrosilite series ([Mg,Fe]SiO3) includes the common rock-forming mineral...
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with enstatite and hypersthene to the orthorhombic series of the group. Rather than a distinct species, it is really a ferriferous variety of enstatite, which...
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plausible. Their spectra are similar to those of iron meteorites and enstatite chondrites, and radar observations have shown that their radar albedos...
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