U-Th-Pb and Sm-Nd Isotopic Systematics of the Goalpara Ureilite

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Jul 1993

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Meteoritics, vol. 28, no. 3, volume 28, page 450

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Gaolpara, Isotopes, Kenna, Rare-Earth Elements, Samarium-Neodymium, U-Th-Pb, Ureilites

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One of the interesting features of ureilites is the light REE-enriched component that is dissolved by HNO3 leaching [1,2]. In this work, we performed acid-leaching of several mineral fractions from Goalpara ureilite for U-Th-Pb and Sm-Nd analyses. Olivine and pyroxene grains were hand-picked from 150-300- micrometer-sized fraction. Because they still contained carbon and metal sulfide they were further crushed to <63 micrometers and metal was removed with a hand magnet. These separates and whole-rock powders were washed by ethanol, and leached in 0.01N HBr, 1N HNO3, and in some cases, 7N HNO3. Concentrations of U, Th, and Pb in residues are 0.05-0.3 ppb, 0.1-0.7 ppb, and 5-100 ppb, respectively, corresponding to <=0.01X CI chondrites. Lead isotopic compositions of the residues are less radiogenic and close to Canon Diablo troilite (CDT) Pb [3] (Fig. 1). The U-Pb and Th-Pb ages of all the fractions are older than 4.5 Ga, indicating terrestrial Pb contamination (MT). Because of low concentration of U, Th, and Pb, a small amount of Pb can have a significant effect on the U-Pb and Th-Pb model ages. 238U/204Pb (mu) value of the least contaminated residue is 3, which is higher than mu (0.14-0.5) value of carbonaceous chondrites [3,4]. The higher mu value may be due to either volatile depletion by nebula fractionation or to depletion of Pb during segregation of sulfide that occurred prior to the formation of ureilite as an ultramafic cumulate. The Sm and Nd abundances in the residues are also extremely low; 0.4-2 ppb and 1-2.5 ppb, respectively, corresponding to 0.002-0.01X CI chondritic abundances. All the residues show high 147Sm/144Nd ratios (0.23 ~ 0.44), and the fraction with the highest Sm/Nd plots on the 4.55 Ga chondritic isochron (Fig. 2). The 1N HNO3 leachates do not contain light-REE-enriched components, except for the samples containing black metal-carbon phases, which also contain a large amount of terrestrial Pb in the residual fractions. Therefore, interstitial carbon-metal phases may have adsorbed terrestrial contamination of the incompatible elements, which are significantly depleted in the ureilites. References: [1] Boynton W. V. et al. (1976) GCA ,40, 1439-1447. [2] Goodrich C. A. et al. (1991) GCA, 55, 829-848. [3] M. Tatsumoto et al. (1973) Science, 180, 1278-1283. [4] Tatsumoto M. et al. (1976) GCA, 40, 617-634.

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