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Mar 1996
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996lpi....27..745l&link_type=abstract
Lunar and Planetary Science, volume 27, page 745
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Chondrites: Carbonaceous, Chondrites: Ci, Isotopes: Oxygen, Olivine: Isolated, Sims
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The oxygen isotopic compositions of carbonaceous chondrites are complicated since individual components of these meteorites have distinct isotopic compositions that have been affected, to varying degrees, by both nebular and parent body processes. We present the first measurements of oxygen isotopic compositions of rare olivine and pyroxene in the CI chondrites. By combining these data with oxygen isotopic analyses of secondary minerals in these rocks previously reported by Clayton and co-workers, we hope to place quantitative constraints on the physical processes that occurred during formation of these meteorites. The oxygen isotopic composition of separated olivine and pyroxene grains from Orgueil and Ivuna were measured using SIMS. The delta ^(18)O values of the olivines range from ~+3 to +13 and the delta^(17)O values range from ~+1 to +7. The delta^(18)O values of the pyroxenes range from ~+4 to +10 and the delta^(17)O values range from ~+2 to +5. Observations that will be explained in the interpretation of the data are: (1) CI pyroxene and olivine grains have essentially identical oxygen isotopic compositions which are distinct from those measured in other carbonaceous chondrites. (2) All data points except two are indistinguishable from terrestrial values at the one sigma level, and the two exceptions fall only slightly below the terrestrial fractionation line. We consider the data taken as a whole to be consistent with terrestrial values, as well as the slightly positive delta^(17)O values reported previously for matrix and magnetite in CI chondrites. (3) Due to the small range in d values observed relative to the uncertainties, it is not possible to distinguish whether these data fall on a line of approximately slope 1 or slope 1/2.
Leshin Laurie Ann
McKeegan Kevin D.
Rubin Alan E.
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