Simulation of possible regolith optical alteration effects on carbonaceous chondrite meteorites

Details Simulation of possible regolith optical alteration effects on carbonaceous chondrite meteorites Simulation of possible regolith optical alteration effects on carbonaceous chondrite meteorites

Mar 1993

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In Lunar and Planetary Inst., Twenty-fourth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Part 1: A-F p 301-302 (SEE N94-12015 01-91)

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Asteroids, Carbonaceous Chondrites, Heating, Melting, Meteoritic Composition, Mineralogy, Optical Properties, Powder (Particles), Recrystallization, Reflectance, Regolith, Spectral Reflectance, Antarctic Regions, Ceramics, Comminution, Controlled Atmospheres, Furnaces, Grain Size, Nitrogen

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As the spectral reflectance search continues for links between meteorites and their parent body asteroids, the effects of optical surface alteration processes need to be considered. We present the results of an experimental simulation of the melting and recrystallization that occurs to a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite regolith powder upon heating. As done for the ordinary chondrite meteorites, we show the effects of possible parent-body regolith alteration processes on reflectance spectra of carbonaceous chondrites (CC's). For this study, six CC's of different mineralogical classes were obtained from the Antarctic Meteorite Collection: two CM meteorites, two CO meteorites, one CK, and one CV. Each sample was ground with a ceramic mortar and pestle to powders with maximum grain sizes of 180 and 90 microns. The reflectance spectra of these powders were measured at RELAB (Brown University) from 0.3 to 2.5 microns. Following comminution, the 90 micron grain size was melted in a nitrogen controlled-atmosphere fusion furnace at an approximate temperature of 1700 C. The fused sample was immediately held above a flow of nitrogen at 0 C for quenching. Following melting and recrystallization, the samples were reground to powders, and the reflectance spectra were remeasured. The effects on spectral reflectance for a sample of the CM carbonaceous chondrite called Murchison are shown.

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