Further studies of trace elements in C3 chondrites

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Five carbonaceous chondrites (Renazzo C2V, Allende C3V, Omans C3O, Warrenton C3O, and Orgueil Cl) were analyzed by radiochemical neutron activation analysis for Ag, Au, Bi, Br, Cd, Cs. Ge, In, Ir, Ni, Os, Pd, Rb, Re, Sb, Se, Te, Tl, U and Zn. These data, together with earlier measurements on seven additional C3 s, are interpreted in the light of pétrographie studies by MCSWEEN (1977a, b) and revised condensation temperatures (WAI and Wasson, 1977). Elements condensing between ~ 700 and 420 K (Se, Zn, S, Te, Br, In, Bi, Tl) are systematically more depleted than those condensing between 1000 and 900 K (Ge, Ag, Rb), by factors of 1.3 to 2, and the depletion correlates inversely with matrix content and directly with degree of metamorphism. The most plausible explanation appears to be a gas-dust fractionation during condensation, by settling of dust to the median plane of the nebula. In this model, gas/dust ratios relative to the cosmic ratio ranged from 0.7 at 1000 K to 0.5 at 700 K for those C3O s that accreted first (Ornans, Warrenton) and from 1.3 to 0.6 for the last (Kainsaz). There appears to have been no further gas/dust fractionation below 700 K. Abundances of Sb, Au and Cd follow earlier trends. Depletion of Sb and Au correlates with abundance of Fe-poor olivine and seems to reflect greater volatilization upon more prolonged or intense heating during chondrule formation. The 50-100-fold depletion of Cd in C3Os compared to C3Vs suggests condensation in a region where enough Fe was present to buffer the H 2 S pressure.

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