ACFER 217 - A new member of the Rumuruti chondrite group (R)

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Mar 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994metic..29..264b&link_type=abstract

Meteoritics (ISSN 0026-1114), vol. 29, no. 2, p. 264-274

Mathematics

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Breccia, Carbonaceous Chondrites, Chemical Composition, Meteoritic Composition, Abundance, Mineralogy, Olivine, Regolith, Meteorites, Stony Meteorites, Chondrites, R Chondrites, Acfer 217, Classification, Saharan Meteorites, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Oxygen, Comparison, Description, Laboratory Studies, Breccia, Composition, Oxygen, Isotopes, Procedure, Petrography, Nuclides, Chondrules, Rare Gases, Thermal History

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Previously, three meteorites from Australia and Antarctica were described as a new chondritic 'grouplet' (Carlisle Lakes, Allan Hills (ALH)85151, Yamato (Y)-75302; Rubin and Kallemeyn, 1989). This grouplet was classified as the 'Carlisle-Lakes-type' chondrites (Weisberg et al., 1991). Recently, one Saharan sample and four more Antarctic meteorites were identified to belong to this group (Acfer 217, Y-793575, Y-82002, PCA91002, PCA91241). The latter two are probably paired. With the meteorite Rumuruti, the first fall of this type of chondrite is known (Schulze et al., 1994). We report here on the Saharan meteorite Acfer 217 which has chemical and mineralogical properties very similar to Rumuruti and Carlisle Lakes. All eight members of this group, Rumuruti, Carlisle Lakes, ALH85151, Y-75302, Y-793575, Y-82002, Acfer 217, and the paired samples PCA91002 and PCA91241 justify the introduction of a new group of chondritic meteorites, the Rumuruti meteorites (R). Acfer 217 is a regolith breccia consisting of up to cm-sized clasts (approximately 33 vol%) embedded in a fine-grained, well-lithified clastic matrix. The most abundant mineral is olivine (approximately 72 vol%), which has a high Fa-content of 37-39 mol%. The major minerals (olivine, low-Ca pyroxene, Ca-pyroxene, and plagioclase) show some compositional variability indicating a slightly unequilibrated nature of the meteorite. Considering the mean olivine composition of Fa(37.8 +/- 5.7), a classification of Acfer 217 as a R3.8 chondrite would result; however, Acfer 217 is a regolith breccia consisting of clasts of various petrologic types. Therefore, we suggest to classify Acfer 217 as a R3-5 chondrite regolith breccia. The bulk meteorite is very weakly shocked (S2). The bulk comparison of Acfer 217 and other R-meteorites show that the R-meteorites are basically chondritic in composition. The pattern of moderately volatile elements is unique in R chondrites; Na and Mn are essentially undepleted, similar to ordinary chondrites, while Zn and Se contents are similar to concentrations in CM chondrites. The oxygen isotopic composition in Acfer 217 is similar to that of Rumuruti, Carlisle Lakes, ALH 85151, and Y-75302. In a delta O-17 vs. delta O-18-diagram, the R-meteorites from a group well resolved form other chondrite groups. Acfer 217 was a meteoroid of common size with a radius between 15-65 cm and with a single stage exposure history.

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