Concordant 3,676 MYR U-Pb formation age for the Kodaikanal iron meteorite

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Geochronology, Iron Meteorites, Lead Isotopes, Meteoritic Composition, Uranium Isotopes, Chemical Fractionation, Glass, Minerals, Silicates, Meteorites, Dating Methods, Ages, Isotopic Ratios, Uranium, Formation, Lead, Kodaikanal, Iron Meteorites, Inclusions, Silicate, Experiments, Leaching, Phases, Clinopyroxene, Alkali, Glass, Contamination, Metals, Minerals, Comparisons, Cooling, Origin, Collisions, History

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The results of U-Pb isotope analyses on a silicate inclusion from the Kodaikanal iron meteorite, which contains evidence of intensive chemical activity occurring about 800 Myr after the formation of the solar system, are reported. Leaching experiments on the two major phases, clinopyroxene and alkali-rich glass, indicate a contamination by terrestrial Pb attributable to previous curatorial cutting of this meteorite. The leached minerals define concordant U-Pb ages that validate the precise Pb-Pb age of 3676 + or - 3 Myr. The absence of initial Pb indicates a fast cooling of the silicate material. This has already been established for the metal phase, and a collisional origin for Kodaikanal is favored.

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