Abundance patterns of thirteen trace elements in primitive carbonaceous and unequilibrated ordinary chondrites

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Jan 1973

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Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 37, Issue 1, pp.19-33

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A neutron activation analysis technique was used to determine Au, Re, Co, Mo, As, Sb, Ga, Se, Te, Hg, Zn, Bi and Tl in 11 carbonaceous chondrites, 12 unequilibrated ordinary chondrites (UOC), and 4 equilibrated ordinary chondrites. The first 6 elements are `undepleted', the next 3 `normally-depleted' and the last 4 `strongly-depleted'. Except for Hg, `depleted-element' abundances in carbonaceous chondrites lead to mean relative ratios of C1:C2:C3 = 1.00:0.53:0.29, i.e. those predicted by a two-component (mixing of high-temperature and low-temperature fractions) model. The last 4 nominally `undepleted' elements are somewhat depleted in ordinary chondrites, As and Sb showing partial depletion in C3 and the latter in C2 chondrites as well. This requires a modification of the two-component model to indicate that deposition of elements during condensation of high temperature material was not an all-or-nothing process. Apart from Bi and Tl, the elements studied have similar abundances in unequilibrated and equilibrated ordinary chondrites and only the former are unquestionably correlated with the degree of disequilibrium in silicate minerals. Only some `strongly-depleted' elements exhibit at least one of the following--proportional depletion in UOC, progressive depletion in petrographic grades 3-6 ordinary chondrites and enrichment in the gas-containing dark portion of gas-rich, light-dark meteorites--indicating that such depletion does not ensure that an element will exhibit these trends. Partly or completely siderophile As, Au, Co, Ga, Mo, Re and Sb vary with chemical type in the same manner in both unequilibrated and equilibrated ordinary chondrites and doubtless reflect a process involving fractionation of metallic iron.

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