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Oxygen isotope composition of the primitive Achondrites
Primitive achondrites provide a record of the earliest stages of asteroidal melting. A detailed study of their oxygen isotope variation shows that these meteorites retain significant levels of primary oxygen isotope heterogeneity
Bunburra Rockhole: Exploring the geology of a new differentiated asteroid
Bunburra Rockhole is the first recovered meteorite of the Desert Fireball Network. We expanded a bulk chemical study of the Bunburra Rockhole meteorite to include major, minor and trace element analyses, as well as oxygen and chromium isotopes, in several different pieces of the meteorite. This was to determine the extent of chemical heterogeneity and constrain the origin of the meteorite. Minor and trace element analyses in all pieces are exactly on the basaltic eucrite trend. Major element analyses show a slight deviation from basaltic eucrite compositions, but not in any systematic pattern. New oxygen isotope analyses on 23 pieces of Bunburra Rockhole shows large variation in both δ17O and δ18O, and both are well outside the HED parent body fractionation line. We present the first Cr isotope results of this rock, which are also distinct from HEDs. Detailed computed tomographic scanning and back-scattered electron mapping do not indicate the presence of any other meteoritic contaminant (contamination is also unlikely based on trace element chemistry). We therefore conclude that Bunburra Rockhole represents a sample of a new differentiated asteroid, one that may have more variable oxygen isotopic compositions than 4 Vesta. The fact that Bunburra Rockhole chemistry falls on the eucrite trend perhaps suggests that multiple objects with basaltic crusts accreted in a similar region of the Solar System
Ice Ice Baby: Improving Water Quantification of Hydrous Minerals by Cryofocussed Ion Beam and Cryo Vaccum Transfer to Atom Probe
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Hidden secrets of deformation: Impact-induced compaction within a CV chondrite
The CV3 Allende is one of the most extensively studied meteorites in worldwide collections. It is currently classified as S1—essentially unshocked—using the classification scheme of Stöffler et al. (1991), however recent modelling suggests the low porosity observed in Allende indicates the body should have undergone compaction-related deformation. In this study, we detail previously undetected evidence of impact through use of Electron Backscatter Diffraction mapping to identify deformation microstructures in chondrules, AOAs and matrix grains. Our results demonstrate that forsterite-rich chondrules commonly preserve crystal-plastic microstructures (particularly at their margins); that low-angle boundaries in deformed matrix grains of olivine have a preferred orientation; and that disparities in deformation occur between chondrules, surrounding and non-adjacent matrix grains. We find heterogeneous compaction effects present throughout the matrix, consistent with a highly porous initial material. Given the spatial distribution of these crystal-plastic deformation microstructures, we suggest that this is evidence that Allende has undergone impact-induced compaction from an initially heterogeneous and porous parent body. We suggest that current shock classifications (Stöffler et al., 1991) relying upon data from chondrule interiors do not constrain the complete shock history of a sample
A Morphologic and Crystallographic Comparison of CV Chondrite Matrices
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Identifying the Form and Carrier Phase of the Extraterrestrial Signature in Distal K-Pg Boundary Impact Materials
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Identifying the Form and Carrier Phase of the Extraterrestrial Signature in Distal K-Pg Boundary Impact Materials
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What Can Crystallographic Orientation Tell Us About Nakhlite Formation?
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Nakhlite Meteorite Petrofabrics Revealed by Electron Backscatter Diffraction
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