Equilibration of pyroxenes in Type 4-6 LL chondrites

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Pyroxenes, Chondrites, Petrology, Calcium, Aluminum Oxides

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The metamorphic sequence, petrologic types 3-6, exhibited by ordinary chondrites (OCs) is characterized by progressive equilibration of silicate mineral compositions. Equilibration of olivine occurs within petrologic type 3, whereas pyroxene compositions in OCs up to type 6 remain unequilibrated. I have begun a study of pyroxenes in specific environments in type 4-6 OCs in order to track compositional changes that occur during thermal metamorphism; this is intended to provide some insight into the mechanism of diffusional exchange of material throughout the chondrite, and will hopefully allow an assessment of the approach to equilibrium as metamorphism proceeds.

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