Evidence for RELICT grains in chondrules of Qingzhen, an E3 type enstatite chondrite

Details Evidence for RELICT grains in chondrules of Qingzhen, an E3 type enstatite chondrite Evidence for RELICT grains in chondrules of Qingzhen, an E3 type enstatite chondrite

Dec 1983

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983e%26psl..66...11r&link_type=abstract

Earth and Planetary Science Letters (ISSN 0012-821X), vol. 66, Dec. 1983, p. 11-24.

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Chondrites, Chondrule, Enstatite, Meteoritic Composition, Meteoritic Microstructures, Calcium Oxides, Chemical Composition, Electron Microscopy, Olivine, Petrology

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Petrographic and chemical studies of the Qingzhen chondrite strongly suggest that it is the most highly unequilibrated (type 3) enstatite chondrite recognized so far. Qingzhen contains abundant, well-defined chondrules, some of which were incompletely molten during the chondrule formation process. The relict olivine grains within these chondrules contain dusty inclusions of almost pure metallic Fe, which appear to be the in situ reduction product of the fayalitic component of the olivine. The reduction process presumably took place at the time of chondrule formation and the chondrule precursor material must have been more oxidized than average enstatilite chondrite material. It is believed that this oxidized material may have formed at the enstatite chondrite formation location in the solar nebula, provided fluctuations in the degree of oxidation of the nebular gas existed at such locations. Reheating of this material under more reducing conditions would lead to the observed reduction of the olivine. Igneous olivines within chondrules always contain detectable amounts of CaO, while relict olivines are essentially CaO-free. This seems to suggest that the relict olivines did not originate during a previous igenous process of chondrule formation and might represent condensation products from the early solar nebula.

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