Petrogenesis of the Zagami meteorite - Inferences from synchrotron X-ray (SXRF) microprobe and electron microprobe analyses of pyroxenes

Details Petrogenesis of the Zagami meteorite - Inferences from synchrotron X-ray (SXRF) microprobe and electron microprobe analyses of pyroxenes Petrogenesis of the Zagami meteorite - Inferences from synchrotron X-ray (SXRF) microprobe and electron microprobe analyses of pyroxenes

Nov 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992gecoa..56.4059t&link_type=abstract

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (ISSN 0016-7037), vol. 56, no. 11, p. 4059-4074.

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Chassignites, Meteoritic Composition, Nakhlites, Pyroxenes, Shergottites, X Ray Analysis, Chemical Analysis, Electron Probes, Petrography

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Major and minor element abundances in pyroxene, principally pigeonite, from Zagami meteorite samples were determined by electron microprobe; abundances of trace elements Ni, Cu, Zn, and Ga were obtained by synchrotron X-ray (SXRF) microprobe. Abundances of Ni and Cr in the magnesian zones and cores are partially decoupled from abundances of other compatible (Mg) and incompatible (Fe,Ti) elements. The textures, chemical zoning, and element decouplings in the pigeonites are consistent with igneous crystal growth at moderate cooling rates, not isothermally or near equilibrium. From element partitioning and mass balance, Zagami is estimated to contain 20 +/- 5 percent or less cumulus pyroxene (half augite and half pigeonite), half the proportion suggested by equilibrium distribution of Fe/Mg between pigeonite and melt. This inconsistency may be resolved if all pigeonite/melt element partitioning was affected by the rapid growth of the pigeonites. The inference that the pyroxene zoning patterns reflect only magmatic events is consistent with an igneous age of 180 m.y. for Zagami.

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