High Cooling Rates of Type-II Chondrules: Limited Overgrowths on Phenocrysts Following the Final Melting EventIn a study of type-II chondrules in Y81020 Wasson and Rubin (2003) described three kinds of evidence indicating that only minor (4-10 m) olivine growth occurred following the final melting event: 1) Nearly all (>90%) type-II chondrules in CO3.0 chondrites contain low-FeO relict grains; overgrowths on these relicts are narrow, in the range of 2-12 m. 2) Most type-II chondrules contain small (10-20 m) FeO-rich olivine grains with decurved surfaces and acute angles between faces indicating that the grains are fragments from an earlier generation of chondrules; the limited overgrowth thicknesses following the last melting event are too thin to disguise the shard-like nature of these small grains. 3) Most type-II chondrules contain many small (<20 m) euhedral or subhedral phenocrysts with central compositions that are much more ferroan than the centers of the large phenocrysts; their small sizes document the small amount of growth that occurred following the final melting event.We have additional data on chondrules in Y81020 and Semarkona, and we have reinterpreted observations of Jones (1990). The striking feature of this chondrule is the large number of tiny fragments. The chondrule precursor initially consisted of crushed olivine.
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20030111581
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Conference Paper
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Wasson, John T. (California Univ. Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Rubin, Alan E. (California Univ. Los Angeles, CA, United States)