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Mar 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992gecoa..56.1409k&link_type=abstract
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (ISSN 0016-7037), vol. 56, no. 3, March 1992, p. 1409-1412.
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Carbonaceous Chondrites, Interplanetary Dust, Meteoritic Composition, Mineralogy, Kamacite, Serpentine, Solar System
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W7013F5 is a chondritic, hydrated interplanetary dust particle whose composition and mineralogy is nearly identical to that found in the CI chondrites. Transmission electron microscope observations show that the phyllosilicates in W7013F5 consist largely of a coherent undergrowth of Mg-Fe serpentine and Fe-bearing saponite on the unitcell scale. This distinctive intergrowth of phyllosilicates has only been observed previously in the CI chondrites. Other secondary minerals in W7013F5 include Mg-Fe carbonates, magnetite, and pentlandite. The mineral assemblage in W7013F5 is generally not as oxidized as that in the CI chondrites. The presence of kamacite in W7013F5 indicates that the particle is extraterrestrial, and a thin amorphous rim surrounding the particle provides evidence that it is not a piece of a meteorite that fragmented during transit through the atmosphere. The apparent lack of hydrated IDPs with CI mineralogy and chemistry may indicate that CI-type dust-producing asteroids are uncommon in the asteroid belt.
Keller Lindsay P.
McKay David S.
Thomas Kathie L.
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