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ESTIMATES of the amount of magnetite in a Type I carbonaceous meteorite have ranged from 6 per cent by weight1 to about 40 per cent by weight2. We have applied the technique of quantitative X-ray diffractometry to a sample of the Orgueil meteorite in an attempt to narrow these limits.
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KERRIDGE, J., CHATTERJI, S. Magnetite Content of a Type I Carbonaceous Meteorite. Nature 220, 775–776 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/220775b0
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