Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Sep 1995
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Meteoritics, vol. 30, no. 5, page 524
Mathematics
Logic
Scientific paper
The Mocs (syn. Moci) meteorite, classified as L6 chondrite by Van Schmus and Wood [1] and recently reclassified as L5-6 by Miura et al. [2], fell on February 3, 1882, 16.00 hrs. , over a large area (15 km by 3 km) in Transylvania (Cluj District). Olivine from six fragments of the Mocs chondrite was analyzed by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray analysis and X-ray powder diffractometry. Olivine occurs as grains in matrix or chondrules: barred olivine chondrules, composed of parallel sets of prismatic olivine crystals and devitrified glass and porphyritic olivine chondrules, which consist mainly of fine-grained olivine crystals and glassy materials of feldspsr composition. In order to determine the mineralogical and chemical effects of shock metamorphism (induced by collisions in space of the Mocs chondrite parent body), in every thin section, ten to twenty of the largest, randomly distributed olivine single crystals were examined by optical polarizing microscope with 20X- or 40X- objectives [3] and with a JEOL JSM-5400 scanning electron microscope for higher magnifications. The mineralogical effects observed are: undulatory extinction, irregular fractures, planar fractures, mosaicism and planar deformation features. These, correlated with the presence of small amounts of maskelynite (An 12-19) indicate that the maximum shock degree this meteorite experienced was S-5 [3]. The quantitative chemical analysis of 77 olivine grains in matrix from all thin sections (6), determined by a JEOL JSM-5400 scanning electron microscope with JED 2001 energy dispersive X-ray analysis at the Yamaguchi University, shows a variation in composition from Fa23 to Fa27 mole % fayalite (Avg. Fa25; PMD 2.3%), indicative of the L-group. The Fayalite content of olivine from chondrules ranges from Fa23 to Fa27 (Avg. Fa25; PMD 1.74%). According to DEER et al. [4], olivine composition can be measured also by X-ray powder diffractometry as Fa (mol per cent) = 100-(4233.91-1494.59 x d130). By using a RIGAKU computer assisted-diffractometer (radiation Cu K alpha = 1.54059) at the Yamaguchi University, the d130 value of olivine from Mocs meteorite was calculated as 2.781 A and the fayalite content as Fa23 mole % fayalite (Forsterite-ferroan as of IMA files, 1993) consistent also with the L-group. The cell parameters and density determined from the X-ray diffraction pattern are: a=4.779; b=10.297; c=6.032; V=296.857 and Dx=3.446 g/cm3. References: [1] Van Schmus W. R. and Wood J. A. (1967) GCA, 31, 747-765. [2] Miura Y. et al. (1995) Proc. NIPR Symp. Antarct. Meteorites, 8, in press. [3] Stoffler D. et al. (1991) GCA, 55, 3845-3867. [4] Deer W. A. et al. (1992) 2nd edition, 4.
Iancu Gabriel O.
Iancu Gabriela
Miura Yas.
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