The Renchen L5-6 chondrite breccia – the first confirmed meteorite fall from Baden-Württemberg (Germany)
Addi Bischoff, Jean-Alix Barrat, Jasper Berndt, Jiri Borovicka, Christoph Burkhardt, Henner Busemann, Janina Hakenmüller, Dieter Heinlein, Jasmine Hertzog, Jozef Kaiser, Colin Maden, Matthias M.M. Meier, Précillia Morino, Andreas Pack, Markus Patzek, Maximilian P. Reitze, Miriam…
The micrometeorite flux to Earth during the Frasnian–Famennian transition reconstructed in the Coumiac GSSP section, France
Birger Schmitz, Raimund Feist, Matthias M.M. Meier, Ellinor Martin, Philipp R. Heck, Davide Lenaz, Dan Topa, Henner Busemann, Colin Maden, Amy A. Plant, Fredrik Terfelt Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 522, 15 September 2019,…
Three-dimensional imaging of crack growth in L chondrites after high-velocity impact experimentsOPEN ACCESS
Tatsuhiro Michikami, Axel Hagermann, Akira Tsuchiyama, Hirotaka Yamaguchi, Terunori Irie, Keita Nomura, Osamu Sasaki, Michihiko Nakamura, Satoshi Okumura, Sunao Hasegawa Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 11 July 2019 LINK (OPEN…
A vacancy‐rich, partially inverted spinelloid silicate, (Mg,Fe,Si)2(Si,□)O4, as a major matrix phase in shock melt veins of the Tenham and Suizhou L6 chondrites
Chi Ma, Oliver Tschauner, Luca Bindi, John R. Beckett, Xiande Xie Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 7 July 2019 LINK “A new high‐pressure silicate, (Mg,Fe,Si)2(Si,□)O4 with a tetragonal spinelloid structure, was discovered within shock…
Thermal history modeling of the L chondrite parent bodyOPEN ACCESS
Hans-Peter Gail, Mario Trieloff accepted by Astronomy & Astrophysics PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The radius of the L chondrite parent body, its formation time, and its evolution history are determined by fitting theoretical models to empirical…
Application of Mössbauer spectroscopy, multidimensional discriminant analysis, and Mahalanobis distance for classification of equilibrated ordinary chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Marek Woźniak, Jolanta Gałązka‐Friedman, Przemysław Duda, Martyna Jakubowska, Patrycja Rzepecka, Łukasz Karwowski Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 25 June 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Mössbauer spectra of equilibrated ordinary chondrites consist of…
The Ozerki Meteorite: Petrology and the First Data on Noble Gases and Nitrogen Released by Stepwise Combustion and Crushing Methods
Korochantseva E. V., Verchovsky A. B., Lorenz C. A., Buikin A. I., Korochantsev A. V. 82nd Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2019 PDF abstract “The Ozerki meteorite shower fell on June 21, 2018 in…
Cosmic-Ray Exposure Age and Preatmospheric Size of three Recent Falls (L6)
Smith T. M., Li S., Ranjith P. M., Su F., Gattacceca J., ASTER Team, He H. 82nd Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2019 PDF abstract “Over the past months, three L6 chondrites falls have…
Constraints on asteroid magnetic field evolution and the radii of meteorite parent bodies from thermal modelling
James F. J. Bryson, Jerome A. Neufeld, Francis Nimmo Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 521, 1 September 2019, Pages 68-78 LINK “Highlights • We predict the timing of asteroid magnetic field generation using thermal…
The meteorite flux of the last 2 Myr recorded in the Atacama desertOPEN ACCESS
A. Drouard, J. Gattacceca, A. Hutzler, P. Rochette, R. Braucher, D. Bourlès, ASTER Team, M. Gounelle, A. Morbidelli, V. Debaille, M. Van Ginneken, M. Valenzuela, Y. Quesnel, R. Martinez accepted in Geology PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Probing the protosolar disk using dust filtering at gaps in the early Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
Troels Haugbølle, Philipp Weber, Daniel P. Wielandt, Pablo Benítez-Llambay, Martin Bizzarro, Oliver Gressel, Martin E. Pessah accepted by Astrophysical Journal PDF (OPEN ACCESS) ” Jupiter and Saturn formed early, before the gas disk dispersed. The…
Mineralogically zoned chondrules in ordinary chondrites as evidence for open system chondrule behaviour
Jens Barosch, Dominik C. Hezel, Denton S. Ebel, Pia Friend Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 23 January 2019 LINK “Chondrules are a major component of chondritic meteorites. Understanding their formation…
The Creston, California, meteorite fall and the origin of L chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Peter Jenniskens, Jason Utas, Qing‐Zhu Yin, Robert D. Matson, Marc Fries, J. Andreas Howell, Dwayne Free, Jim Albers, Hadrien Devillepoix, Phil Bland, Aaron Miller, Robert Verish, Laurence A. J. Garvie, Michael E. Zolensky, Karen Ziegler,…
Petrology and oxygen isotopic composition of large igneous inclusions in ordinary chondrites: Early solar system igneous processes and oxygen reservoirs
Alex M. Ruzicka, Richard C. Greenwood, Katherine Armstrong, Kristy L. Schepker, Ian A. Franchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta LINK “Large (>3.5 mm and up to 4 cm across) igneous inclusions poor in metal and sulfide…
Petrography, mineral chemistry and shock metamorphism of the Mangui meteoriteOPEN ACCESS
Jianglong Ji, Sen Hu, Yangting Lin, Qin Zhou, Yuan Xiao Chinese Science Bulletin, Volume 64, Issue 5-6: 579-587(2019) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The Mangui meteorite, also known as the Xishuangbanna meteorite, fell in Menghai, Xishuangbanna Dai…
Time and Duration of Chondrule Formation: Constraints from 26Al-26Mg Ages of Individual Chondrules
J. Pape, K. Mezger, A.-S. Bouvier, L.P. Baumgartner Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 24 October 2018 LINK “Chondrules from unequilibrated ordinary and carbonaceous chondrites belong to the oldest and most…
Komaki meteorite fall (~ 654 g/L6/S3) on 26 September 2018 at ~10.30 p.m. JST (UTC+9) in Komatsuji (小松寺), Komaki (小牧市), Aichi (愛知) Prefecture, Chūbu (中部地方), Japan
Last update: 6 April 2019 The meteorite, an ordinary chondrite, hit the roof of a house in Komatsuji (小松寺) Komaki-Shi (小牧市), Aichi (愛知) Prefecture, Japan on 26 September 2018 at around 10.30 p.m. JST (UTC+9)….
RENCHEN meteorite fall (~ 1227.69, L5-6, S4, W0) on 10 July 2018 at 23:29:48 CEST (21:29:48 UTC) near Renchen, Ortenau district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Last update: 25 April 2019 The first find (Renchen-1, 11.9 g) Equipped with a preliminary strewn field map provided by Pavel Spurný on July 14, 2018 and coordinated by Dieter Heinlein the meteorite hunters Ralph…
Evidence of shock‐induced vaporization of matrix to form porosity in Baszkówka, a porous L5 chondrite
Agata M. Krzesińska, Natasha V. Almeida Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 3 September 2018 LINK “Baszkówka is an equilibrated, apparently low‐shock, unusually porous chondrite. Some earlier studies were undertaken to understand whether the porosity…
Chondrule Porosity in the L4 Chondrite Saratov: Dissolution, Chemical Transport, and Fluid Flow
Jonathan A. Lewis, Rhian H. Jones, Serafina C. Garcea Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 9 August 2018 LINK “Porosity is an important physical property of meteorites and asteroids that affects…
From the mid‐Ordovician into the Late Silurian: Changes in the micrometeorite flux after the L chondrite parent breakup
Ellinor Martin, Birger Schmitz, Hans‐Peter Schönlaub LINK Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13174 “We present the first reconstruction of the micrometeorite flux to Earth in the Silurian Period. We searched 321 kg of condensed, marine limestone…
Brecciation among 2280 ordinary chondrites – constraints on the evolution of their parent bodies
Addi Bischoff, Maximilian Schleiting, Rainer Wieler, Markus Patzek Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Available online 20 July 2018 LINK “After accretion of meteorite parent bodies, larger and smaller collisions have led to significant modifications…
Hypervelocity cratering and disruption of the Northwest Africa 869 ordinary chondrite meteorite: Implications for crater production, catastrophic disruption, momentum transfer and dust production on asteroids
George J. Flynn, Daniel D. Durda, Emma B. Patmore, Sarah J. Jack, Mason J. Molesky, Brian A. May, Spenser N. Congram, Melissa M. Strait, Robert J. Macke Planetary and Space Science Available online 30 June…
High pressure minerals in the Château-Renard (L6) ordinary chondrite: implications for collisions on its parent bodyOPEN ACCESS
Ioannis Baziotis, Paul D. Asimow, Jinping Hu, Ludovic Ferrière, Chi Ma, Ana Cernok, Mahesh Anand & Dan Topa Scientific Reportsvolume 8, Article number: 9851 (2018) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report the first…
On the carrier phase of the “planetary” noble gases: TEM, Raman, and stepped combustion data for acid‐resistant residues from the Saratov (L4) meteorite
Anatolii V. Fisenko, Alexander B. Verchovsky, Andrei A. Shiryaev, Luba F. Semjonova, Alexey A. Averin, Alexander L. Vasiliev, Maximilian S. Nickolsky Meteoritics & Planetary Science doi.org/10.1111/maps.13130 First published: 25 June 2018 LINK “Acid‐resistant residues (ARR)…
OZERKI (L6, S4/5, W0) meteorites (>91 specimens, >6.5 kg) found – Fall on 21 June 2018, ~ 4:16:20 a.m. MSK (1:16:20 UTC) near OZERKI (Oзeрки) and Zlobino (Злобино), Stanovlyansky District, Lipetsk, Russia
Last update: 20 July 2018 In the afternoon of 25 June 2018 a search group of the Ural Federal University (UrFU) found the first meteorite (59.85 g, L6) of the 21 June bolide, on a…
Shaw meteorite: water-poor and water-rich melt inclusions in olivine and enstatite
Rainer Thomas, Paul Davidson Mineralogy and Petrology, pp 1–5 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00710-018-0598-3 First Online: 14 June 2018 LINK “During the petrological examination of a double polished thick section of the light-colored lithology of the Shaw meteorite, small…
The vanadium isotopic composition of L ordinary chondrites
Yongli Xue, Chun-hui Li, Yuhan Qi, Chuantong Zhang, Bingkui Miao, Fang Huang Acta Geochimica pp 1–8 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11631-018-0279-2 LINK “Stable isotopic data of meteorites are critical for understanding the evolution of terrestrial planets. In this study,…
The nature of the L chondrite parent body’s disruption as deduced from high‐pressure phases in the Sixiangkou L6 chondrite
Li, S. and Hsu, W. Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13110 LINK “The disruption of the L chondrite parent body (LCPB) at ~470 Ma is currently the best‐documented catastrophic celestial impact event, based on the large…
From 2D to 3D chondrule size data: Some empirical ground truths
Metzler, K. Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13091 LINK “In order to characterize the relation between apparent chondrule sizes (2D) and true chondrule sizes (3D), three ordinary chondrites of the H, L, and LL group have…
Thermal evolution and sintering of chondritic planetesimals IV. Temperature dependence of heat conductivity of asteroids and meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Hans-Peter Gail, Mario Trieloff Update (30 July 2018):LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Understanding the compaction and differentiation of the planetesimals and protoplanets from the Asteroid Belt and the terrestrial planet region of the Solar System requires…
The Kumtag 016 L5 strewn field, Xinjiang Province, China
Xiaojia Zeng, Shijie Li, Ingo Leya, Shijie Wang, Thomas Smith, Yang Li, Peng Wang Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 26 March 2018 https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13073 LINK “The Kumtag 016 strewn field was found in the eastern…
The Dingle Dell meteorite: a Halloween treat from the Main BeltOPEN ACCESS
Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Eleanor K. Sansom, Philip A. Bland, Martin C. Towner, Martin Cupák, Robert M. Howie, Trent Jansen-Sturgeon, Morgan A. Cox, Benjamin A. D. Hartig, Gretchen K. Benedix, Jonathan P. Paxman Meteorit Planet…
Probing the use of spectroscopy to determine the meteoritic analogues of meteorsOPEN ACCESS
A. Drouard, P. Vernazza, S. Loehle, J. Gattacceca, J. Vaubaillon, B. Zanda, M. Birlan, S. Bouley, et al. A&A, Forthcoming article Accepted: 26 January 2018 LINK Update (16 February 2018): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Context. Determining…
Mössbauer spectroscopic study on the composition of Fe-containing minerals in ordinary chondrites, Miller Range 07710 and Yamato 790272
W. Sato, M. Nakagawa, N. Shirai, M. Ebihara Hyperfine Interactions (2018) 239: 13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-018-1489-z LINK “57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy was applied to compositional studies of Fe-containing minerals in two different ordinary chondrites, MIL 07710 (L4) and…
Do L chondrites Come From the Gefion Family?OPEN ACCESS
Allison M McGraw, Vishnu Reddy, Juan A Sanchez Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, sty250, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty250 Published: 31 January 2018 LINK Update (30 April 2018): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Ordinary chondrites (H, L and LL…
Reporting Mineralogy And Chemistry of Kamargaon Meteorite, Assam, NE IndiaOPEN ACCESS
D. Majumdar, P.V. SunderRaju, T.K. Goswami, Md. Arif, D. S. Sarma IOSR Journal of Applied Geology and Geophysics (IOSR-JAGG) e-ISSN: 2321–0990, p-ISSN: 2321–0982.Volume 5, Issue 5 Ver. II (Sep. – Oct. 2017), PP 52-57 PDF…
Petrology, phase equilibria modelling, noble gas chronology and thermal constraints of the El Pozo L5 meteorite
Pedro Corona-Chávez, María del Sol Hernández-Bernal, Pietro Vignola, Rufino Lozano-Santacruz, Juan Julio Morales-Contreras, Margarita Reyes-Salas, Jesús Solé-Viñas, José F. Molina Chemie der Erde In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 10 January 2018 LINK “We present…
Structure analysis and conditions of formation of akimotoite in the Tenham chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Tschauner, O., Ma, C., Prescher, C. and Prakapenka, V. B. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13009 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Akimotoite (Mg,Fe)SiO3 is one of the most common mineralogical indicators for high-level shock…
Variable Tl, Pb, and Cd concentrations and isotope compositions of enstatite and ordinary chondrites—Evidence for volatile element mobilization and decay of extinct 205PbOPEN ACCESS
Palk, C., Andreasen, R., Rehkämper, M., Stunt, A., Kreissig, K., Coles, B., Schönbächler, M. and Smith, C. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.12989 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “New Tl, Pb, and Cd concentration and Tl,…
Mössbauer spectroscopy — a useful method for classification of meteorites?OPEN ACCESS
J. Galazka-Friedman, M. Woźniak, P. Duda, P. Rzepecka, M. Jakubowska, Ł. Karwowski Hyperfine Interactions November 2017, 238:67 First Online: 27 September 2017 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The aim of our studies was to check the usefulness…
High-pressure polymorphs in Yamato-790729 L6 chondrite and their significance for collisional conditions
Kato, Y., Sekine, T., Kayama, M., Miyahara, M. and Yamaguchi, A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12957 LINK “Shock pressure recorded in Yamato (Y)-790729, classified as L6 type ordinary chondrite, was evaluated based on high-pressure…
Meteorite flux to Earth in the Early Cretaceous as reconstructed from sediment-dispersed extraterrestrial spinelsOPEN ACCESS
Birger Schmitz; Philipp R. Heck; Walter Alvarez; Noriko T. Kita; Surya S. Rout; Anders Cronholm; Céline Defouilloy; Ellinor Martin; Jan Smit; Fredrik Terfelt Geology July 2017, Vol.45, 807-810. doi:10.1130/G39297.1 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Intermineral oxygen three-isotope systematics of silicate minerals in equilibrated ordinary chondrites.
McDougal, D., Nakashima, D., Tenner, T. J., Kita, N. T., Valley, J. W. and Noguchi, T. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12932 LINK “High-precision oxygen three-isotope ratios were measured for four mineral phases (olivine, low-Ca…
Long-lived magnetism on chondrite parent bodiesOPEN ACCESS
Jay Shah, Helena C. Bates, Adrian R. Muxworthy, Dominik C. Hezel, Sara S. Russell, Matthew J. Genge Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 475, 1 October 2017, Pages 106–118 10. August 2017 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)…
Early formation of planetary building blocks inferred from Pb isotopic ages of chondrulesOPEN ACCESS
By Jean Bollard, James N. Connelly, Martin J. Whitehouse, Emily A. Pringle, Lydie Bonal, Jes K. Jørgensen, Åke Nordlund, Frédéric Moynier, Martin Bizzarro Science Advances 09 Aug 2017: Vol. 3, no. 8, e1700407 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1700407…
Evaluation of meteorites as habitats for terrestrial microorganisms: Results from the Nullarbor Plain, Australia, a Mars analogue site
Alastair W. Tait, Siobhan A. Wilson, Andrew G. Tomkins, Emma J. Gagen, Stewart J. Fallon, Gordon Southam Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 July 2017 LINK “Unambiguous identification of biosignatures…
Microbial Populations of Stony Meteorites: Substrate Controls on First ColonizersOPEN ACCESS
Alastair W. Tait, Emma J. Gagen, Siobhan A. Wilson, Andrew G. Tomkins and Gordon Southam Frontiers in Microbiology (2017). DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01227 30 June 2017 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Finding fresh, sterilized rocks provides ecologists with a…
Petrography, classification, oxygen isotopes, noble gases, and cosmogenic records of Kamargaon (L6) meteorite: The latest fall in India.OPEN ACCESS
Ray, D., Mahajan, R. R., Shukla, A. D., Goswami, T. K. and Chakraborty, S. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.12875 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A single piece of meteorite fell on Kamargaon village in the…
Determination of the equilibrium fO2 in bulk samples of H, L, and LL ordinary chondrites by solid-state electrochemistry
Osadchii, V. O., Fedkin, M. V. and Osadchii, E. G. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12919 LINK “High-temperature solid-state electrochemistry techniques (EMF method) were used to measure the oxygen fugacity (fO2) of the ordinary chondrites…
Meteorite fall in Broek in Waterland, Waterland, Netherlands, at 5.09.39 p.m. (4.09.39 p.m. UTC) on 11 January 2017
Last update: 3 August 2017 According to Naturalis Biodiversity Center’s press release from 26 June 2017 the meteorite (530 g, L6,S3,W0 ~ 9.1 x 8.7 x 5.6 (max.) cm) hit a barn in the residential…
Petrology, Mineralogy and In Situ U-Pb Dating of Northwest Africa 11042
Wu Y. * Hsu W. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6190] abstract (PDF) “NWA 11042 was classified as a unique achondrite. Its mineralogy and petrology resemble those of martian meteorites, but the…
Primitive Achondrite Northwest Africa 11042: Melting of the L Chondrite Parent Body
Vaci Z. * Agee C. B. Ziegler K. Polyak V. J. Humayun M. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6161] abstract (PDF) “NWA 11042 is an igneous primitive achondrite whose oxygen isotopes plot…
Fall and Recovery of the Dingle Dell Meteorite
Devillepoix H. A. R. Bland P. A. Towner M. C. Sansom E. K. Howie R. M. Cupak M. Benedix G. K. Jansen-Sturgeon T. Hartig B. A. D. Cox M. A. Paxman J. P. 80th Annual…
Chondrule Oxygen Isotope Systematics in Unequilibrated Ordinary Chondrites: Insights into Their Nebular Reservoir
Baeza L. Ireland T. R. Ávila J. N. Mallmann G. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6166] abstract (PDF) “Ordinary chondrites (OCs) have distinct bulk O-isotope composition. The range of chondrule O-isotope composition…
Mean Atomic Weight of Braunschweig Meteorite
Szurgot M., Wach R. A., Bartoschewitz R. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6002] abstract “Mean atomic weight Amean, and atomic number of Braunschweig meteorite were determined and analyzed. Classification of Braunschweig, as…
Majorite-olivine–high-Ca pyroxene assemblage in the shock-melt veins of Pervomaisky L6 chondrite
Ivan S. Bazhan, Konstantin D. Litasov, Eiji Ohtani, Shin Ozawa American Mineralogist, v. 102, i. 6, p. 1279-1286, First Published on June 01, 2017, doi:10.2138/am-2017-5892 LINK “High-pressure minerals—majorite-pyrope garnet and jadeite—were found in the Pervomaisky…
Shock-induced P-T conditions and formation mechanism of akimotoite-pyroxene glass assemblages in the Grove Mountains (GRV) 052082 (L6) meteorite
Lu Feng, Masaaki Miyahara, Toshiro Nagase, Eiji Ohtani, Sen Hu, Ahmed El Goresy, Yangting Lin American Mineralogist, v. 102, i. 6, p. 1254-1262, First Published on June 01, 2017, doi:10.2138/am-2017-5905 LINK “Akimotoite [(Mg,Fe)SiO3-ilmenite] was encountered…
Três Irmãos – meteorite fall in Água Branca, Palmas de Monte Alto, Bahia, Brazil at ~11:20 a.m. (14:20 UTC) on 26 May 2017
Last update: 16 August 2017 The Três Irmãos meteorite (9 cm (length), 5 cm (height), 6 cm (width), an ordinary chondrite (L6, S3, W0) weighing about 950 grams was found by Sirlene da Silva Paes…
Thermoluminescence characteristics of a chondrite (Holbrook) and an aubrite achondrite (Norton County) meteorites
Lily Bossin, Nikolaos A. Kazakis, George Kitis, Nestor C. Tsirliganis Applied Radiation and Isotopes, Volume 127, September 2017, Pages 26-34 LINK “Highlights • TL properties of two meteorites, Norton County and Holbrook, are investigated. •…
Shocked chromites in fossil L chondrites: A Raman spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy study.
Rout, S. S., Heck, P. R., Zaluzec, N. J., Ishii, T., Wen, J., Miller, D. J. and Schmitz, B. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12887 LINK “Chromites from Middle Ordovician fossil L chondrites and from…
Meteorite falls in Bulgaria: Reappraisal of mineralogy, chemistry, and classification.
Dekov, V., Rochette, P. and Gattacceca, J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12879 LINK “We present a summary of the mineralogy, mineral chemistry, and magnetic characteristics of all the five Bulgarian meteorite falls. We report…
Park Forest (L5) and the asteroidal source of shocked L chondrites.
Meier, M. M. M., Welten, K. C., Riebe, M. E. I., Caffee, M. W., Gritsevich, M., Maden, C. and Busemann, H. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12874 LINK “The Park Forest (L5) meteorite fell in…
San Pedro de Urabá – Fall on 16 February 2017 (~5.30 p.m.) in San Pedro de Urabá, Turbo, Urabá, Antioquia, Colombia
Last update: 8 June 2018 Meteorite fall in the afternoon (~ 5.30 p.m.) of 16 February 2017 in San Pedro de Urabá, in the municipality of Turbo, Urabá, Antioquia, Colombia. The meteorite, an ordinary chondrite…
Discovery of the Fe-analogue of akimotoite in the shocked Suizhou L6 chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Luca Bindi, Ming Chen & Xiande Xie Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 42674 (2017) doi:10.1038/srep42674 Published online: 15 February 2017 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “We report the first natural occurrence of the Fe-analogue of akimotoite, ilmenite-structured…
Hypervelocity Impact Cratering and Disruption of the CV3 Carbonaceous Chondrite Northwest Africa 4502 and the Saratov Ordinary Chondrite
G. J. Flynn, D. D. Durda, S. J. Jack, M. J. Molesky, M. M. Strait, R. J. Macke 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #1058 LINK
Refined Ordovician timescale reveals no link between asteroid breakup and biodiversificationOPEN ACCESS
A. Lindskog, M. M. Costa, C.M.Ø. Rasmussen, J. N. Connelly & M. E. Eriksson Nature Communications 8, Article number: 14066 (2017) doi:10.1038/ncomms14066 Published online: 24 January 2017 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The high…
Rare meteorites common in the Ordovician periodOPEN ACCESS
Philipp R. Heck, Birger Schmitz, William F. Bottke, Surya S. Rout, Noriko T. Kita, Anders Cronholm, Céline Defouilloy, Andrei Dronov & Fredrik Terfelt Nature Astronomy 1 Article number: 0035 (2017) doi:10.1038/s41550-016-0035 Published online: 23 January…
An 57Fe Mössbauer study of the ordinary chondrite meteorite Lynch 001
Nancy N. Elewa, J. M. Cadogan Hyperfine Interactions (2016) First Online: 12 December 2016 DOI: 10.1007/s10751-016-1350-1 This article is part of the Topical Collection on Proceedings of the International Conference on Hyperfine Interactions and their…
The accretion and impact history of the ordinary chondrite parent bodies
Terrence Blackburn, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Richard Carlson, Linda T. Elkins-Tanton Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 9 December 2016 LINK “A working timeline for the history of ordinary chondrites includes…
The Braunschweig meteorite − a recent L6 chondrite fall in Germany
Rainer Bartoschewitz, Peter Appel, Jean-Alix Barrat, Addi Bischoff, Marc W. Caffee, Ian A. Franchi, Zelimir Gabelica, Richard C. Greenwood, Mourad Harir, Dennis Harries, Rupert Hochleitner, Jens Hopp, Matthias Laubenstein, Barbara Mader, Rosa Marques, Andreas Morlok,…
Hungaria Asteroid Region Telescopic Spectral Survey (HARTSS) I: Stony Asteroids Abundant in the Hungaria Background Population
Michael P. Lucas, Joshua P. Emery, Noemi Pinilla-Alonso, Sean S. Lindsay, Vania Lorenzi Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 5 November 2016 LINK “Highlights • HARTSS describes taxonomy, mineralogy, and meteorite analogs of Hungaria…
BANMA (L5, S2) officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
On 15 October 2016 the meteorite which fell in Banma County, Golog Tibetan Autonomous prefecture, Qinghai province in China on 24 August 2016 at about 21:00 local time was officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin…
Mössbauer spectroscopy of H, L and LL ordinary chondrites
Maksimova, A.A., Oshtrakh, M.I., Petrova, E.V. et al. Hyperfine Interact (2016) 237: 134. doi:10.1007/s10751-016-1344-z This article is part of the Topical Collection on Proceedings of the 2nd Mediterranean Conference on the Applications of the Mössbauer…
Meteorite fall between BANMA (班玛) and Mǎn Zhǎng Xiāng (满掌乡), in Banma County (班玛县), Golog prefecture, Qinghai province, China at ~ 9 pm local time (UTC+8) on August 24, 2016 (UPDT: 10 Nov 2016)
Last update on November 10, 2016 A meteorite (32 x 23 x 18 cm), ordinary chondrite (L5,S2,W0), weighing 10.05 kg fell about 5 km southeast of Mǎn Zhǎng Xiāng (满掌乡) at location 33°15’11″N, 100°27’54″E in…
Phosphate and feldspar mineralogy of equilibrated L chondrites: The record of metasomatism during metamorphism in ordinary chondrite parent bodies.
Lewis, J. A. and Jones, R. H. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12719 Version of Record online: 22 AUG 2016 LINK “In ordinary chondrites (OCs), phosphates and feldspar are secondary minerals known to be the…
Cooling rates of LL, L and H chondrites and constraints on the duration of peak thermal conditions: Diffusion kinetic modeling and implications for fragmentation of Asteroids and impact resetting of petrologic types
Jibamitra Ganguly, Massimiliano Tirone, Kenneth Domanik Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 2 August 2016 LINK “We have carried out detailed thermometric and cooling history studies of several LL-, L- and…
The valence and coordination of titanium in ordinary and enstatite chondrites
Steven B. Simon, Stephen R. Sutton, Lawrence Grossman Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 17 June 2016 LINK “One way to better understand processes related to chondrite metamorphism is to evaluate…
Search for Correlations Between Size and Oxygen Isotopy of OC Chondrules
Metzler K. Pack A. Hezel D. C. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6441 LINK
Sidi Ali Ou Azza (L4): A New Moroccan Fall
Chennaoui Aoudjehane H. Agee C. B. Aaranson A. Bouragaa 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6120 abstract
Cosmic-ray exposure ages of chondrules.
Roth, A. S. G., Metzler, K., Baumgartner, L. P. and Leya, I. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12658 Article first published online: 9 MAY 2016 LINK “If chondrules were exposed to cosmic rays prior to…
Comparison of iron-bearing minerals in ordinary chondrites from H, L and LL groups using Mössbauer spectroscopy with a high velocity resolution
A.A. Maksimova, M.I. Oshtrakh, E.V. Petrova, V.I. Grokhovsky, V.A. Semionkin Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy Volume 172, 5 February 2017, Pages 65-76 LINK “Ordinary chondrites from H, L and LL groups were…
Komar Gaon (L6) is officially registered
Komar Gaon is officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database Komar Gaon “Komar Gaon 26°37’56.9884″N, 93°46’11.5115″E Assam, India Confirmed fall: 13 Nov 2015 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6) History: On November 13, 2015, at 12:00 pm…
Chemical Composition of Queen Alexandra Range 97008: An Organic-Rich Unequilibrated Ordinary Chondrite
M. Yesiltas, T. D. Glotch 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2536 PDF
The Composition of the Flux of Micrometeorites after the L-Chondrite Parent Body Breakup ~470 Ma Ago: ≤1% H Chondritic, ≥99% L Chondritic
P. R. Heck, B. Schmitz, S. S. Rout, T. Tenner, K. Villalon, A. Cronholm, F. Terfelt, N. T. Kita 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1191 PDF
Transmission electron microscopic study of the fine-grained vein matrix in the Suizhou L6 meteorite
Xie Xiande , Wang Jianbo, Gu Xiangping, Xiong Yi, Jia Shuangfeng Acta Geochimica June 2016, Volume 35, Issue 2, pp 105-110 LINK “The mineralogy of shock vein matrix in the Suizhou meteorite has been investigated…
Petrography and classification of NWA 7402: A new sulfide-rich unequilibrated ordinary chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Christine E. Jilly-Rehak, Gary R. Huss, Lydie Bonal, Eric Twelker Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry doi:10.1016/j.chemer.2016.01.001 Received 26 January 2015, Revised 1 September 2015, Accepted 4 January 2016, Available online 23 January 2016 LINK PDF…
A search for H-chondritic chromite grains in sediments that formed immediately after the breakup of the L-chondrite parent body 470 Ma ago
Philipp R. Heck, Birger Schmitz, Surya S. Rout, Travis Tenner, Krysten Villalon, Anders Cronholm, Fredrik Terfelt, Noriko T. Kita Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.11.042 In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 23 January 2016 LINK “A…
Abundance of 60Fe inferred from nanoSIMS study of QUE 97008 (L3.05) chondrules
Ritesh Kumar Mishra, Kuljeet Kaur Marhas, Sameer Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 436 Available online 11 January 2016 LINK “60Fe–60Ni relative chronometry (t1/2=2.62 Mat1/2=2.62 Ma) studies within silicate phases of two chondrules (Ch1b, Ch5)…
Noble gases in oxidized residue prepared from the Saratov L4 chondrite and Raman spectroscopic study of residues to characterize phase Q
Matsuda, J.-i., Morishita, K., Nara, M. and Amari, S. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12587 LINK “We analyzed noble gases in an oxidized residue prepared from a HF-HCl residue of the Saratov L4 chondrite. The…
An occurrence of tuite, γ-Ca3(PO4)2, partly transformed from Ca-phosphates in the Suizhou meteorite
Xie, X., Gu, X. and Chen, M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12577 LINK “Tuite is a high-pressure γ-form of Ca3(PO4)2. An occurrence of tuite partly transformed from merrillite and chlorapatite was observed in the…
Santa Lucia (2008) (L6) Chondrite, a Recent Fall: Composition, Noble Gases, Nitrogen and Cosmic Ray Exposure Age
Ramakant R. Mahajan, Maria Eugenia Varela, Jean Louis Joron Earth, Moon, and Planets April 2016, Volume 117, Issue 2, pp 65-76 First online: 27 November 2015 LINK “The Santa Lucia (2008)—one the most recent Argentine…
Chemical composition and crystal structure of merrillite from the Suizhou meteorite
Xiande Xie, Hexiong Yang, Xiangping Gu and Robert T. Downs American Mineralogist doi: 10.2138/am-2015-5488 Volume 100 no. 11-12 p. 2753-2756 LINK
The Kunashak meteorite: New data on mineralogy
Yu. V. Erokhin , V. A. Koroteev, V. V. Khiller, E. V. Burlakov, K. S. Ivanov, D. A. Kleimenov Doklady Earth Sciences October 2015, Volume 464, Issue 2, pp 1058-1061 originally published in Doklady Akademii…
Mn-Cr relative sensitivity factor in ferromagnesian olivines defined for SIMS measurements with a Cameca ims-1280 ion microprobe: Implications for dating secondary fayalite
Patricia M. Doyle, Kaori Jogo, Kazuhide Nagashima, Gary R. Huss, Alexander N. Krot Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 October 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.10.010 LINK “The short-lived radionuclide 53Mn, which decays to…
A large shock vein in L chondrite Roosevelt County 106: Evidence for a long-duration shock pulse on the L chondrite parent body
Sharp, T. G., Xie, Z., de CARLI, P. S. and Hu, J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12557 LINK “A large shock-induced melt vein in L6 ordinary chondrite Roosevelt County 106 contains abundant high-pressure minerals,…
187Re-187Os Systematics, Highly Siderophile Element, S-Se-Te Abundances in the Components of Unequilibrated L Chondrites
Yogita Kadlag, Harry Becker Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.09.026 In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 9 October 2015 LINK “The 187Re-187Os systematics, abundances of highly siderophile elements (HSE: Re, platinum group elements and Au), Te,…
Spectral calibration for deriving surface mineralogy of Asteroid (25143) Itokawa from Hayabusa Near-Infrared Spectrometer (NIRS) Data
Megha Bhatt, Vishnu Reddy, Lucille Le Corre, Juan A. Sanchez, Tasha Dunn, Matthew R.M. Izawa, Jian-Yang Li, Kris J. Becker, Lynn Weller Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 2 September 2015 LINK
Early aqueous activity on the ordinary and carbonaceous chondrite parent bodies recorded by fayalite
Patricia M. Doyle, Kaori Jogo, Kazuhide Nagashima, Alexander N. Krot, Shigeru Wakita, Fred J. Ciesla, Ian D. Hutcheon Nature Communications 6, Article number: 7444 doi:10.1038/ncomms8444 published: 23 June 2015 LINK Supplementary Information (PDF)
Cosmic-Ray Exposure Ages of Chondrules
Roth A. S. G. * Metzler K. Hofmann B. Baumgartner L. P. Leya I. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5224 abstract (PDF)
Chromium Isotopes in Ordovician Fossil Meteorites and the Quest for the Impactor that Broke Up the L-Chondrite Parent Body
Schmitz B., Yin Q.-Z., Sanborn M. E., Tassinari M. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5037 abstract (PDF)
Fragments of Late Eocene Earth-impacting asteroids linked to disturbance of asteroid belt
Birger Schmitz , Samuele Boschi , Anders Cronholm , Philipp R. Heck , Simonetta Monechi , Alessandro Montanari , Fredrik Terfelt Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 425, 1 September 2015, Pages 77–83 LINK
Žd’ár nad Sázavou is officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
LINK 49°31.3’ N, 16°2.0’ E
Near-infrared Spectroscopy of 3:1 Kirkwood Gap Asteroids III
Sherry K. Fieber-Beyer, Michael J. Gaffey Icarus In Press, available online 5 May 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.034 LINK
Shock-produced akimotoite in the Suizhou L6 chondrite
Ming Chen, XianDe Xie Science China Earth Sciences March 2015 LINK
Hydrogen and major element concentrations on 433 Eros: Evidence for an L- or LL-chondrite-like surface composition
Peplowski, P. N., Bazell, D., Evans, L. G., Goldsten, J. O., Lawrence, D. J. and Nittler, L. R. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12434 LINK
A new classification of Nyirábrany, an ordinary chondrite from Hungary
Mészáros M., Kereszturi A., Ditrói-Puskás Z. Meteorites Vol. 3, Nos. 1–2, 2014, 19–32 DOI 10.5277/met140102 PDF (full text) Meteorites (Vol. 3) Publishers: Wrocław University of Technology, Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology; Polish Meteorite Society
Link between the potentially hazardous asteroid (86039) 1999 NC43 and the Chelyabinsk meteoroid tenuous
Vishnu Reddy, David Vokrouhlický, William F. Bottke, Petr Pravec, Juan A. Sanchez, Bruce L. Gary, Rachel Klima, Edward A. Cloutis, Adrián Galád, Tan Thiam Guan, Kamil Hornoch, Matthew R.M. Izawa, Peter Kušnirák, Lucille Le Corre,…
[Žd’ár nad Sázavou] A second meteorite (39.3 grams) of the Czech bolide on 9 December 2014 was found near Vatín on January 12 by Czech astronomers, first meteorite classified as type L3.9
A second meteorite with a weight of 39.3 grams was found around noon on 12 January 2015 by astronomers of the Czech Astronomical Institute (Astronomický ústav Akademie věd České republiky (AsÚ)) according to Czech television…
NWA 6255 meteorite − Thermophysical properties of interior and the crust
Katarzyna Łuszczek, Radosław A. Wach Meteorites Vol. 3, Nos. 1–2, 2014, 33–44 www.meteorites.pwr.wroc.pl DOI 10.5277/met140103 LINK
The potentially hazardous asteroid (214869) 2007 PA8: an unweathered L chondrite analogue surface
S. Fornasier, I.N. Belskaya, D. Perna Icarus, available online 17 December 2014 LINK
New data on the Braunschweig meteorite (L6) – a recent fall in Germany (2013)
Rupert Hochleitner (MSCM, Muenchen), Viktor Hoffmann (Univ. Muenchen, Univ. Tuebingen), Melanie Kaliwoda (MSCM Muenchen), R. Bartoschwewitz (Bartoschewitz Met. Lab. Germany) PDF LINK
A fossil winonaite-like meteorite in Ordovician limestone: A piece of the impactor that broke up the L-chondrite parent body?
Birger Schmitz, Gary R. Huss, Matthias M.M. Meier, Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink, Ross P. Church, Anders Cronholm, Melvyn B. Davies, Philipp R. Heck, Anders Johansen, Klaus Keil, Per Kristiansson, Greg Ravizza, Mario Tassinari, Fredrik Terfelt Earth and…
