Coolidge and Loongana 001: A new carbonaceous chondrite grouplet

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Jan 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995metic..30...20k&link_type=abstract

Meteoritics (ISSN 0026-1114), vol. 30, no. 1, p. 20-27

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Abundance, Carbonaceous Chondrites, Chemical Composition, Chondrule, Petrography, Australia, Classifications, Kansas, Metamorphism (Geology)

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Petrographic and bulk compositional data suggest the existence of a new grouplet of carbonaceous chondrites consisting of Coolidge and Loongana 001. Coolidge is a carbonaceous chondrite find from Kansas, USA, previously considered a metamorphosed CV chondrite. Loongana 001 ia a recent find from Western Australia. It has a high matrix/chondrule modal abundance ratio, 1 -2 vol% refractory inclusions and high refractory lithophile abundance ratios (approximately 1.35x CI), indicating that it is a carbonaceous chondrite. Coolidge and Loongana 001 have many compositional and petrographic similarities. They have refractory element abundances in the range of CV chondrites, significantly higher than those in the CR chondrites. They have similar volatile element abundance patterns showing low volatile element abundances relative to both Cr and CV chondrites. Coolidge and Loongana 001 have similar chondrule dimensions and shapes, oxidation states and opaque mineral assemblages. They are also similar in petrologic type (3.8 - 4) and shock stage (S2). Although both Coolidge and Loongana 001 may be related to the CV clan, they are not CV chondrites, nor are they formed by metamorphism of a CV precursor. They are distinctly different in composition from CV chondrites and their chondrules are smaller and have a much lower abundance of coarse-grained chondrule rims. Coolidge and Loongana 001 constitute a distinct carbonaceous chondrite grouplet.

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