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Nov 2000
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Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 1291-1308 (2000).
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Iron-rich aureoles in CM carbonaceous chondrites are previously unidentified domains of aqueously altered matrix material whose FeO content may exceed that of the surrounding matrix by up to more than 15 wt%. We describe the petrography and mineralogy of these objects in the CM chondrites Murray, Murchison and ALH 81002. The size of Fe-rich aureoles ranges from a few hundred microns to several millimeters in diameter and appears to be a function of the degree of alteration of the host chondrite. The origin of Fe-rich aureoles is related to the alteration of large metal grains which has resulted in the formation of characteristic PCP-rich reaction products that are frequently observed at the centers of the aureoles. This suggests that Fe-rich aureoles in CM chondrites are the result of the mobilization of Fe from altering metal grains into the matrix. The fact that Fe-rich aureoles enclose numerous chondritic components such as chondrules, CAIs and mineral fragments, as well as their radial symmetric appearance, are strong evidence that they formed in situ and that significant directional fluid flow was not involved in the alteration process. This and additional constraints, such as the distribution of S and other elements, as well as the inferred alteration conditions, are consistent with in situ parent body alteration. The observations are, however, entirely incompatible with preaccretionary alteration models in which the individual CM chondrite components have experienced diverse alteration histories. The presence of numerous intact aureoles in the brecciated CM chondrites Murray and Murchison further suggests that the alteration occurred largely after brecciation affected these meteorites. Therefore, the progressive aqueous alteration of CM chondrites may not be necessarily coupled to brecciation as has been previously proposed.
Brearley Adrian J.
Hanowski Nicolaus P.
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