Assessing the shock state of the lunar highlands: Implications for the petrogenesis and chronology of crustal anorthosites

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¹J. F. Pernet-Fisher, ¹K. H. Joy, ¹D. J. P. Martin, ²K. L. Donaldson Hanna
Scientific Reports 7, 5888 Link to Article [doi:10.1038/s41598-017-06134-x]
¹School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
²Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PU, UK

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The Anoka, Minnesota iron meteorite as parent to Hopewell meteoritic metal beads from Havana, Illinois

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¹Timothy J.McCoy, ¹Amy E.Marquardt, ^2,3John T.Wasson, ⁴Richard D.Ash, ^1,5Edward P.Vicenzi
Journal of Archaeological Science 81, 13-22 Link to Article [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2017.03.003 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2017.03.003]
¹Dept. of Mineral Sciences, National Museum of Natural History, 10th and Constitution Aves NW, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0119, USA
²Dept. of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, USA
³Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, USA
⁴Dept. of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
⁵Museum Conservation Institute, Smithsonian Institution, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, MD 20746, USA

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Insights into chondrule formation process and shock-thermal history of the Dergaon chondrite (H4-5)

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¹D.Ray, ¹S.Gosh, ²T.K.Goswami, ³M.J.Jobin
Geoscience Frontiers 8, 413-423 Link to Article [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2016.02.005]
¹PLANEX, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380 009, India
²Department of Applied Geology, Dibrugarh University, Assam, India
³Department of Applied Geology, Pondicherry University, India

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Trace element composition and U-Pb age of zircons from Estherville: Constraints on the timing of the metal-silicate mixing event on the mesosiderite parent body

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^1,2,3Makiko K. Haba, ^2,4Akira Yamaguchi, ¹Hiroyuki Kagi, ^1,5Keisuke Nagao, ^6,7Hiroshi Hidaka
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (in Press) Link to Article [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.07.028]
¹Geochemical Research Center, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
²National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Tokyo 190-8518, Japan
³Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
⁴Department of Polar Science, School of Multidisciplinary Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Tokyo 190-8518, Japan
⁵Korea Polar Research Institute, 26 Songdomirae-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 21990, South Korea
⁶Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
⁷Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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Mesosiderites are a group of stony-iron meteorites, which are thought to be the result of mixing of silicates with Fe-Ni metal. In this study, we combined textural observations with geochemical and chronological studies of two zircon grains found in the Estherville mesosiderite. One of the zircons (Zrc1) occurs with pyroxene, plagioclase, troilite, and silica, and the other (Zrc2) is located at a boundary between Fe-Ni metal and a silicate part mainly composed of pyroxene and plagioclase. The textural observations demonstrate that Zrc1 is relatively homogenous, whereas Zrc2 is composed of at least two chemically distinct domains. Trace element analyses of Zrc2 resolve large concentration gradients within this single grain with variations that are an order of magnitude for rare earth elements (REE) and two orders of magnitude for U and Th. The lowest trace element concentration in Zrc2 is more than an order of magnitude lower than those of lunar and eucritic zircons. However, it is similar to those of Zrc1 and a zircon from the Vaca Muerta mesosiderite. The calculated REE composition of the melt in equilibrium with Zrc2 shows that Zrc2 and perhaps also Zrc1 did not crystallize from a melt that was produced by fractional crystallization of the primary magmatic mineral assemblages. The zircons with low REE, U, and Th concentrations can be interpreted to have formed in a residual melt after incorporation of large amounts of REE, U, and Th into secondary phosphate minerals, which formed during the metal-silicate mixing event. The large concentration gradients observed in Zrc2 suggest significant heterogeneities in the melt from which the zircon crystallized. Alternatively, either mixing or diffusion between a relict zircon and a newly formed zircon could explain the observed concentration gradients. However, the REE patterns of Zrc2 cannot be explained by mixing or diffusion between the two distinct generations of zircons. These considerations suggest that Zrc1 and Zrc2 formed during a high-temperature reheating event, which is probably related to the metal-silicate mixing event. The weighted average 207Pb-206Pb age obtained by SIMS from both zircons is 4521 ± 26 Ma (2σ). This age is younger than that of a primary magmatic zircon from Vaca Muerta (4563 ± 15 Ma) and probably corresponds to the timing of the metal-silicate mixing event or a later impact event.

Adsorption of Water, Methanol, and Formic Acid on Fe2NiP, a Meteoritic Mineral Analogue

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¹Danna Qasim, ¹Logan Vlasak, ¹Aaron Pital, ¹Thomas Beckman, ¹Nsamba Mutanda, ¹Heather Abbott-Lyon
The Journal of Physical Chemistry 121, 13645-13654 Link to Article [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b01312]
¹Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia 30144, United States