Al-rich Chondrules: Petrologic Basis for Their Diversity, and Relation to Type C CAIsAl-rich chondrules share mineralogical and chemical properties with, and are intermediate in a volatility sense between, CAIs and ferromagnesian chondrules. In some way they must be petrogenetic links between the two. A recent upsurge of interest in Al-rich chondrules is due to their constituent plagioclase feldspar and Al-rich glass being amenable to successful ion microprobe searches for radiogenic Mg-26, the decay product of Al-26 (t(sub 1/2) = 720,000 y). This has allowed estimates to be made of the time duration between CAI formation and the onset of Al-rich (and possibly, by extension, ferromagnesian) chondrule formation, on the order of 1.5-2.5 million years.
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20030110823
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Headquarters
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Conference Paper
Authors
MacPherson, G. J. (National Museum of Natural History Washington, DC, United States)
Huss, G. R. (Arizona State Univ. Tempe, AZ, United States)