Mineral name
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Tartarosite
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Left: Microscope image in transmitted light: black irregularly shaped inclusion of tartarosite (approx. 45 x 60 µm) in greenish colored impact diamond (size of the entire grain approx. 160 x 65 x 10 µm); right: impact diamond sample with tartarosite (see arrows); box: 2 x 2 x 0.5 cm. |
Hölzel-No.
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- |
Type of specimen
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HT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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2019-016a |
Chemical formula
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C |
Type locality
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Germany, Bavaria, Ries Crater, Seelbronn near Amerdingen |
Associated minerals
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Diamond |
Collection
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Museum für Naturkunde - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
Contact person
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Dr. Ralf-Thomas Schmitt |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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2017-08721 |
Nature of
type specimen
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Fragment of an impact diamond |
References
Distribution and origin of impact diamonds in the Ries crater, Germany.
Schmitt, R. T., Lapke, C., Lingemann, C. M., Siebenschock, M. & Stöffler, D. (2005)
Geological Society of America Special Paper 384 „Large Meteorite Impacts III“ (edited by T. Kenkmann, F. Hörz, and A. Deutsch), 299-314 |
Notes / Further information
A new natural carbon allotrope. The impact diamond with the tartarosite inclusion was extracted from sample 2013-04374. This is a biotite-plagioclase gneiss fragment of shock stage III from the suevite of the Seelbronn quarry. This sample was collected in 1996 by Dr. Ralf-Thomas Schmitt. |
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