PDF (Hi-Res) - Smithsonian Institution Libraries

ABSTRACT
Mason, Brian, editor. Mineral Sciences Investigations 1974-1975. Smithsonian
Contributions to the Earth Sciences, number 19, 125 pages, 48 figures, 37 tables,
1977.—Nine short contributions from the Smithsonian's Department of Mineral
Sciences for 1974 and 1975 are gathered together in this volume. These contributions
comprise an account of the composition of garnet xenocrysts from three
kimberlite pipes in Arizona and New Mexico; a catalog of major element chemistry
of abyssal volcanic glasses, and the application of these data to determine
magma compositions; descriptions of the Harleton (Texas), St. Mary's County
(Maryland), and Ras Tanura (Saudi Arabia) chondritic meteorites; a comparative
study of eight chondrite meteorites from India and Pakistan; geochemical
data on separated components of the Allende carbonaceous chondrite; and a
mineralogical and chemical study of silicate inclusions in the El Taco mass of
the Campo del Cielo iron meteorite.
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION DATE is handstamped in a limited number of initial copies and is recorded
in the Institution's annual report, Smithsonian Year. SERIES COVER DESIGN: Aerial view of
Ulawun Volcano, New Britain.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Main entry under title:
Mineral sciences investigations, 1974-1975.
(Smithsonian contributions to the earth sciences ; no. 19)
"Nine short contributions from the Smithsonian's Department of Mineral Sciences."
Includes bibliographies.
Supt. of Docs, no.: SI 1.26:19
1. Meteorites—Addresses, essays, lectures. 2. Petrology—Addresses, essays, lectures. 3. Mineralogy—Addresses,
essays, lectures. I. Mason, Brian Harold, 1917- II. National Museum
of Natural History. Dept. of Mineral Sciences. III. Series: Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian
contributions to the earth sciences ; no. 19.
QE1.S227 no. 19 [QE395] 550' .8s [549' .1] 76-608124