[meteorite-list] Troilite inclusions

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Zelimir wrote

"I fully agree. Indeed, after a rapid checking through some textbooks on 
hand, I did not find any terrestrial occurrence for troilite.
Does anyone know for some ?"

Hi Zelmir here is what I found:

In "Handbook of Mineralogy" 1990 by Anthony et. al. p. 538

Occurrence:  Found in serpentine (Del Norte Co., California, USA); with Fe-Cu-Ni sulfides in a layered ultramafic intrusive (Sally Malay deposit, Australia); and as nodules in meteorites.

Distribution:  From the Alta mine, Del Norte Co., California, USA. In the Wannaway Fe-Ni-Cu deposit, and at the Sally Malay Cu-Ni deposit, 120 km north of Halls Creek, Western Australia. From Disco Island and the Ilimaussaq Intrusion, southern Greenland. In many meteorites.

I see from Charon Cisneros list at Mineralogical Research she has it for sale from the Alta mine. Here is the url; <http://www.minresco.com/syst/t.htm>

Mike

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