Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981metic..16..129f&link_type=abstract
Meteoritics, vol. 16, June 30, 1981, p. 129-137.
Physics
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Breccia, Chemical Analysis, Chondrites, Meteoritic Composition, Meteoritic Microstructures, Petrography, Iron Meteorites, Mineralogy, Olivine, Photomicrography, Pyroxenes, Silicates, Meteorites, Chondrites, Grier(B) Meteorite, Physical Properties, Texture, Characteristics, Classification, L Chondrites, Analysis, Electron Probe, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Photomicrographs, Photographs, Composition, Data, Samples, Meteorite
Scientific paper
The Grier(b), New Mexico meteorite, a single mass of 929.4 grams, was found in 1969. This brecciated chondrite can be classified as an L-group from the bulk chemical analysis, approximately 8 wt % metal with an estimated total iron content of 25 wt %, and constant olivine (Fa(25.5)) and orthopyroxene (Fs(23)) compositions. The main portion of the meteorite fits the criteria for an L5 (grey to intermediate hypersthene) chondrite. A conspicuous, large (several cu cm) dense fragment, texturally an L6-7 chondrite, contains practically no metal or chondrules. However, there is little variation in the bulk silicate and individual phase compositions between the fragment and the matrix. In spite of this, it seems unlikely that the fragment was created in situ because metal and sulfide are not found in the fragment-matrix contact zone; thus the formation of olivines and pyroxenes in both parts, as well as the draining of metal from the fragment, occurred prior to accretion with little, if any, subsequent thermal metamorphism.
Fredriksson B. J.
Fredriksson Kimmo
Reid G. R. C.
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