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Locality Name:
Norton County Meteorite, Norton Co., Kansas, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3762
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3762.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Norton County Meteorite, Norton Co., Kansas, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°40'59"N
Longitude: 99°52'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.683055555556,-99.866666666667

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Copper	Cubanite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Iron	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scacchite	Spinel	Tridymite	Wilkmanite	Wurtzite

Alabandite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Brezinaite ()*	Carletonmooreite ()*	Caswellsilverite ()*
Clinoenstatite ()*	Copper ()*	Cronusite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Daubréelite ()*
Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Iron ()*
Manganite ()*	Niningerite ()*	Oldhamite ()*	Perryite ()*	Schöllhornite ()*
Schreibersite ()*	Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Tridymite ()*
Troilite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper Cubanite Feldspar Gypsum Iron None Olivine Pyroxene Rocksalt Rutile
Scacchite Spinel Tridymite Wilkmanite Wurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	312
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Brezinaite ()*	Wilkmanite	Cr₃S₄	7
Carletonmooreite ()*	None	Ni₃Si	1
Caswellsilverite ()*	Scacchite	NaCrS₂	5
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	94
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cronusite ()*	None	Ca_0.2CrS₂·2H₂O	1
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	157
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1089
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	770
Niningerite ()*	Rocksalt	MgS	28
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	58
Perryite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)₈(Si,P)₃	25
Schöllhornite ()*	None	Na_0.3CrS₂·H₂O	4
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	374
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	703
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	116
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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