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Encyclopedia > Fassaite

Fassaite is a variety of Augite but having a very low iron content. It is named after the Fassa Valley, Italy. Some authorities do not recognize it as a seperate mineral but continue to class it with Augite. Augite Categories: Mineral stubs | Minerals | Silicate minerals ...


It is thought to be a contact mineral formed at high presure on the interface between volcanic rocks and limestone.


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Efremovka 101.1: A CAI with ultrarefractory REE patterns and enormous enrichments of Se, Zr, and Y in Fassaite and Perovskite
Fassaite reaction rims around FeNi metals are also encountered.
Perovskites are enriched in Y and depleted in Sc and Zr in comparison to fassaites.
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The small fine-grained area consists of orthopyroxene (Fs 13.4), whereas fassaite is the main mineral within the coarse-grained area.
The REE pattern obtained for the fassaite in micrometeorite BI54B3-31 is an unfractionated, relatively smooth pattern (25-40 x CI) with substantial Eu and Gd depletions (< 4 and <7 x CI, respectively).
Fassaite and orthopyroxene show oxygen isotopic compositions that plot close to the terrestrial fractionation line.
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