Geochemistry of polymict ureilite EET83309, and a partially-disruptive impact model for ureilite origin

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Geochemistry, Meteoritic Composition, Meteoritic Damage, Ureilites, Basalt, Chemical Composition, Electron Probes, Fractionation, Radiochemistry, Rare Earth Elements

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Bulk-compositional data for the EET83309 polymict ureilite were obtained using INAA and radiochemistry procedures and electron probe analysis. It was found that the EET83309 has a bulk composition indistinguishable from ordinary ('monomict') ureilites for all elements except light-middle REEs (which are present in much higher concentrations), suggesting that polymict ureilites are mixtures of ordinary ureilites which were mixed on a very small number of parent bodies. Despite the light-REE enrichments, polymict ureilites are nearly devoid of basaltic (Al-rich) material. It is suggested that the missing basalt may have been blown off the parent body by a partially disruptive collision with a large C-rich projectile. This impact model of ureilite origin reconciles many paradoxical aspects of ureilite composition.

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