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Cumberland Falls chondritic inclusions - Mineralogy/petrology of a forsterite chondrite suiteThe mineralogy and petrology of a suite of chondritic inclusions from the Cumberland Falls aubrite are investigated in order to clarify the relation of the inclusions to each other, forsterite chondrites, and the aubrites. Thin sections of nine chondritic inclusions and the achondritic matrix of Cumberland Falls were examined in reflected light, then analyzed for up to 12 elements by electron microprobe techniques. Minerals detected in abundant quantities include low-Ca pyroxene, olivine, plagioclase, kamacite, taenite, schreibersite, troilite, ferroan alabandite and daubreelite; diospide, oldhamite and a Ti-rich sulfide are found in one or two inclusions. The mineralogic compositions indicate similar degrees of reduction for the inclusions in the Cumberland Falls meteorites and in four meteorites identified as forsterite chondrites (Kakangari, Mt. Morris, Pontlyfni and Winona). The inclusions are found to be of a primitive composition, corresponding to petrological types 2 or 3, while the identification of jadeitic pyroxene in nearly all inclusions indicates a substantial degree of shock. The results suggest that the inclusions formed from nebular material that condensed and accreted over a broad redox range, and experienced tertiary shock in a collision with an enstatite meteorite in which the Cumberland Falls meteorite formed.
Document ID
19820033467
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Neal, C. W.
(Purdue Univ. West Lafayette, IN, United States)
Lipschutz, M. E.
(Purdue University West Lafayette, IN, United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1981
Publication Information
Publication: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Volume: 45
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
82A17002
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGL-15-005-140
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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