CM chondrites exhibit the complete petrologic range from type 2 to 1

Details CM chondrites exhibit the complete petrologic range from type 2 to 1 CM chondrites exhibit the complete petrologic range from type 2 to 1

Jul 1994

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Meteoritics (ISSN 0026-1114), vol. 29, no. 4, p. 556

Mathematics

Logic

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Chondrites, Chondrule, Lithology, Meteoritic Composition, Petrology, Asteroids, Geochronology, Relic Radiation, Temperature Effects, Weathering

Scientific paper

Recognition and characterization of the different CM lithologies as components in all meteorites could reveal details of the nature and chronology of alteration and brecciation events on hydrous asteroids. The CM chondrites are of particular interest, as they are the most common carbonaceous chondrites and are found as clasts within other types of meteorites, which suggests that the CM parent asteroids are (or were) widespread in the sections of the asteroid belt providing samples to Earth. Some CM2s, including EET 90047, ALH 83100, and Y 82042, are more 'extensively' altered, and are distinguished by a high proportion of Mg-rich phyllosilicates and Ca-Mg carbonates, frequently in rounded aggregates, and near absence of olivine or pyroxene. 'Completely' altered CMs, called CM1s, essentially lack olivine or pyroxene; these include EET 83334, ALH 88045, and the CM1 clasts in Kaidun. Cold Bokkeveld and EET 84034, both highly brecciated CMs, consist of both extensively and completely altered lithologies. We describe how these lithologies further cosntrain physicochemical conditions on hydrous asteroids. We conclude that CM chondrites exhibit the petrologic range 2 through 1, and that progressive alteration on the parent hydrous asteroid(s) was accompanied by significant increases in temperature (to a peak of approximately 450 C), fO2, water-rock ratio, and (locally) degree of chemical leaching, all well beyond the conditions recorded by CM2s.

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