Metamorphic reactions in mesosiderites - Origin of abundant phosphate and silica

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Mar 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982gecoa..46..339h&link_type=abstract

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 46, Mar. 1982, p. 339-348.

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Metamorphism (Geology), Meteoritic Composition, Oxidation-Reduction Reactions, Phosphates, Silicates, Abundance, Iron, Nickel

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In light of a study of the Emery mesosiderite, it is determined that the high modal abundances of merrillite and tridymite in most mesosiderites are attributable to redox reactions between silicates and P-bearing Fe-Ni metal within a limited T-fO2 range at low pressure. The recalculated amounts of dissolved P and S in the metallic portion of Emery reduce the metal liquidus temperature to less than 1350 C, and the solidus to less than 800 C, so that the mixing of liquid metal with cold silicates would have resulted in silicate metamorphism rather than melting. This redox reaction and redistribution of components between metal and silicates illuminates the complexities of mesosiderite processing, with a view to the recalculation of their original components.

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