Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Nov 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981gecoa..45.2091n&link_type=abstract
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 45, Nov. 1981, p. 2091-2095, 2097-2107.
Mathematics
Logic
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Chondrites, Forsterite, Meteoritic Composition, Mineralogy, Petrology, Achondrites, Breccia, Chemical Composition, Electron Probes, Kamacite, Meteorite Collisions, Nebulae, Olivine, Pyroxenes, Schreibersite
Scientific paper
The mineralogy and petrology of a suite of chondritic inclusions from the Cumberland Falls aubrite are investigated in order to clarify the relation of the inclusions to each other, forsterite chondrites, and the aubrites. Thin sections of nine chondritic inclusions and the achondritic matrix of Cumberland Falls were examined in reflected light, then analyzed for up to 12 elements by electron microprobe techniques. Minerals detected in abundant quantities include low-Ca pyroxene, olivine, plagioclase, kamacite, taenite, schreibersite, troilite, ferroan alabandite and daubreelite; diospide, oldhamite and a Ti-rich sulfide are found in one or two inclusions. The mineralogic compositions indicate similar degrees of reduction for the inclusions in the Cumberland Falls meteorites and in four meteorites identified as forsterite chondrites (Kakangari, Mt. Morris, Pontlyfni and Winona). The inclusions are found to be of a primitive composition, corresponding to petrological types 2 or 3, while the identification of jadeitic pyroxene in nearly all inclusions indicates a substantial degree of shock. The results suggest that the inclusions formed from nebular material that condensed and accreted over a broad redox range, and experienced tertiary shock in a collision with an enstatite meteorite in which the Cumberland Falls meteorite formed.
Lipschutz Michael E.
Neal C. W.
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