logo
    Oxygen Isotopes in Isolated Chondrules from the Tieschitz Ordinary Chondrite: Initial Compositions and Differential Parent Body Alteration
    7
    Citation
    0
    Reference
    20
    Related Paper
    Keywords:
    Chondrule
    Ordinary chondrite
    Carbonaceous chondrite
    Chondrule
    Ordinary chondrite
    Carbonaceous chondrite
    Achondrite
    Citations (0)
    Carbonatites are igneous rocks formed in the crust by fractional crystallization of carbonate-rich parental melts that are mostly mantle derived. They dominantly consist of carbonate minerals such as calcite, dolomite, and ankerite, as well as minor ...Read More
    Allende meteorite
    Pyroxene
    Chondrule
    Carbonaceous chondrite
    Melilite
    Murchison meteorite
    Grossular
    Presolar grains
    Parent body
    Silicate minerals
    Citations (449)
    Chondrule
    Carbonaceous chondrite
    Ordinary chondrite
    Matrix (chemical analysis)
    Achondrite
    Citations (3)
    LEW85332, originally described as a unique C3 chondrite, was shown to be a C2 chondrite with important linkages to the CR clan. An important petrologic aspect of LEW85332 is that it contains anhydrous chondrules and hydrated matrix, and new oxygen isotopic data on chondrules, matrix and whole rock are consistent with the petrology. Chondrules fall on the equilibrated chondrite line (ECL), with a slope near 1, which goes through ordinary chondrite chondrules. This contrasts with the CR chondrule line which has a lower slope due to hydrated components. LEW85332 chondrules define a new carbonaceous chondrite chondrule line, parallel to the anhydrous CV chondrule line (CCC), consistent with the well-established concept of two oxygen isotopic reservoirs. Matrix and whole rock fall on the CR line. The whole rock composition indicates that the chondrite is dominated by chondrules, and that most of them contain light oxygen similar to that of anhydrous olivine and pyroxene separates in the Renazzo and Al Rais CR chondrites.
    Chondrule
    Carbonaceous chondrite
    Ordinary chondrite
    Citations (0)