¹C. Wöhler,¹A. Grumpe,²M. Bhatt,³A. A. Berezhnoy,³V. V. Shevchenko,²A. Bhardwaj
Astronomy & Astrophysics 630, L7 Link to Article [https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201935927]
¹Image Analysis Group, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Str. 4, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
²Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380009, India
³Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University, Universitetskij Pr., 13, 119234 Moscow, Russia

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¹M.Ferus et al. (>10)
Astronomy & Astrophysics 630, A127 Link to Article [https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201935816]
¹J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 3, 18223 Prague 8, Czech Republic

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¹Trygve Prestgard,¹Lydie Bonal,¹Jolantha Eschrig,²Jérôme Gattacceca,²Corinne Sonzogni,¹Pierre Beck
Meteorics & Planetary Science (in Press) Link to Article [https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13736]
¹Institut de Planétologie et d’Astrophysique de Grenoble, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS CNES, 38000 Grenoble, France
²CNRS, Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, Coll France, INRA, CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France
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Miller Range (MIL) 07687 is a peculiar carbonaceous chondrite officially classified as a CO3. However, it has been found to display unique petrographic properties that are atypical of this group. Moreover, Raman spectra of its polyaromatic carbonaceous matter do not reflect a structural order consistent with the metamorphic history of a type 3 chondrite. As a result, it has been suggested to be an ungrouped C2 chondrite with CO affinities, although it has not been fully excluded as a CO chondrite. The ambiguity of the meteorite’s classification is the motivation behind the present study. We conclude that MIL 07687 is a unique carbonaceous chondrite with possible affinities to CO, CM, and/or some ungrouped carbonaceous chondrites. The difficulty in classifying this meteorite stems from (1) its heavily weathered nature, which interferes with the interpretation of our oxygen (O-)isotopic measurements; (2) the overlap in the petrographic and O-isotopic descriptions of various COs, CMs, and ungrouped meteorites in the Meteoritical Society Database. Optical and infrared spectra are consistent with the meteorite’s unequilibrated nature and indicate that it is probably mildly aqueously altered. Despite traces of aqueous alteration having previously been described in MIL 07687, this is the first time that the presence of hydrated amorphous silicates is reported. In fact, our results show that its present hydration is beyond that of most CO3s, less than most CM2s, and comparable to primitive CR2s. Consequently, we support the meteorite’s C2-ung label, although a CO2 or CM2 classification cannot be fully excluded.

^1,2Elisabeth Losa-Adams,^1,3Carolina Gil-Lozano,^4,5Alberto G. Fairén,^6,7Janice L. Bishop,⁷Elizabeth B. Rampe,¹Luis Gago-Duport
Nature Astronomy 5, 936–942 Link to Article [DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-021-01397-x]
¹Departamento de Geociencias Marinas, Universidade de Vigo, Lagoas-Marcosende, Vigo, Spain
²Centro de Investigación Mariña da Universidade de Vigo (CIM-UVIGO), Vigo, Spain
³Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes (LPGN), CNRS/Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
⁴Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain
⁵Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
⁶SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA, USA
⁷NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA

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