Observations, meteorites, and models: A pre‐flight assessment of the composition and formation of (16) Psyche
L.T. Elkins‐Tanton, E. Asphaug, J. F. Bell III, H. Bercovici, B. Bills, R. Binzel, W. F. Bottke, S. Dibb, D. J. Lawrence, S. Marchi, T. J. McCoy, R. Oran, R. S. Park, P. N. Peplowski,…
Heterogeneous accretion of Earth inferred from Mo-Ru isotope systematicsOPEN ACCESS
Timo Hopp, Gerrit Budde, Thorsten Kleine Earth and Planetary Science Letters (17 January 2020) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The Mo and Ru isotopic compositions of meteorites and the bulk silicate Earth (BSE) hold…
Two generations of exsolution lamellae in pyroxene from Asuka 09545: Clues to the thermal evolution of silicates in mesosiderite
Lidia Pittarello, Seann McKibbin, Akira Yamaguchi, Gang Ji, Dominique Schryvers, Vinciane Debaille, Philippe Claeys American Mineralogist Volume 104, Number 11, 1 November 2019 LINK “Mesosiderite meteorites consist of a mixture of crustal basaltic or gabbroic…
Petrogenesis of main group pallasite meteorites based on relationships among texture, mineralogy, and geochemistryOPEN ACCESS
Seann J. McKibbin, Lidia Pittarello, Christina Makarona, Christopher Hamann, Lutz Hecht, Stepan M. Chernonozhkin, Steven Goderis, Philippe Claeys Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 29 September 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Main group…
Ferrovolcanism on metal worlds and the origin of pallasitesOPEN ACCESS
Brandon C. Johnson, Michael M. Sori & Alexander J. Evans Nature Astronomy, 1–4, published: 16 September 2019 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “As differentiated planetesimals cool, their cores can solidify from the outside in1, as evidenced…
Natural superheavy nuclei in astrophysical dataOPEN ACCESS
Andrey Alexandrov, Victor Alexeev, Alexander Bagulya, Aigerim Dashkina, Mikhail Chernyavsky, Alexei Gippius, Lyudmila Goncharova, Sergei Gorbunov, Victor Grachev, Galina Kalinina, Nina Konovalova, Natalia Okateva, Tatiana Pavlova, Natalia Polukhina, Ruslan Rymzhanov, Nikolai Starkov, Than Naing Soe,…
The Fukang pallasite: Characterization and implications for the history of the Main‐group parent body
Daniella N. Della Giustina, Namrah Habib, Kenneth J. Domanik, Dolores H. Hill, Dante S. Lauretta, Yulia S. Goreva, Marvin Killgore, Yang Hexiong, Robert T. Downs Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 16 July 2019 LINK…
The Milton pallasite and South Byron Trio Irons: Evidence for oxidation and core crystallization
T.J. McCoy, C.M. Corrigan, K. Nagashima, V.S. Reynolds, R.D. Ash, W.F. McDonough, J.Yang, J.I. Goldstein, C.D. Hilton Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 13 June 2019 LINK “The link between the…
Mesosiderite formation on asteroid 4 Vesta by a hit-and-run collision
Makiko K. Haba, Jörn-Frederik Wotzlaw, Yi-Jen Lai, Akira Yamaguchi & Maria Schönbächler Nature Geoscience, 1–6 LINK “Collision and disruption processes of protoplanetary bodies in the early Solar System are key to understanding the genesis of…
Genetics, crystallization sequence, and age of the South Byron Trio iron meteorites: New insights to carbonaceous chondrite (CC) type parent bodies
Connor D. Hilton, Katherine R. Bermingham, Richard J. Walker, Timothy J. McCoy Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 27 February 2019 LINK “The nucleosynthetic Mo, Ru, and W isotopic compositions of…
Meteorite cloudy zone formation as a quantitative indicator of paleomagnetic field intensities and cooling rates on planetesimalsOPEN ACCESS
Clara Maurel, Benjamin P. Weiss, James F. J. Bryson PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Metallic microstructures in slowly-cooled iron-rich meteorites reflect the thermal and magnetic histories of their parent planetesimals. Of particular interest is the cloudy zone,…
Planetary Genealogy of Iron Meteorites and Pallasites Using ε54Cr-Δ17O Isotope Systematics
S. Dey, Q.-Z. Yin, M. E. Sanborn, K. Ziegler, T. J. McCoy 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2019), Abstract #2977 PDF abstract
Olivine grain growth in partially molten Fe–Ni–S: A proxy for the genesis of pallasite meteorites
Giulio F.D. Solferino, Gregor J. Golabek Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 504, 15 December 2018, Pages 38-52 LINK “Highlights • Olivine grain growth in metal matrix is faster when metal is partially molten. •…
(16) Psyche: A mesosiderite-like asteroid?OPEN ACCESS
M. Viikinkoski, P. Vernazza, J. Hanus, H. Le Coroller, K. Tazhenova, B. Carry, M. Marsset, A. Drouard, F. Marchis, R. Fetick, T. Fusco, J. Durech, M. Birlan, J. Berthier, P. Bartczak, C. Dumas, J. Castillo-Rogez,…
A neutron tomography study of the Seymchan pallasite
Kichanov, S. E., Kozlenko, D. P., Lukin, E. V., Rutkauskas, A. V., Krasavin, E. A., Rozanov, A. Y. and Savenko, B. N. Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13115 LINK “The internal structure of an olivine‐rich fragment…
The oxygen isotope compositions of olivine in main group (MG) pallasites: New measurements by adopting an improved laser fluorination approach
Ali, A., Jabeen, I., Banerjee, N. R., Osinski, G. R., Nicklin, I., Gregory, D. and Herrmann, P. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13072 LINK “Oxygen isotope measurements of olivine in main group (MG) pallasites by…
Genealogy of IVA Iron and Pallasite Meteorites: The Implications for Planestimal Differentiation Processes in the Early Solar System
M. E. Sanborn, Q.-Z. Yin, K. Ziegler 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2018), Abstract #1780 abstract
Indigenous Amino Acids in Iron Meteorites
J. E. Elsila, J. P. Dworkin, D. P. Glavin, N. M. Johnson 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2018), Abstract #1520 abstract
Early Solar System Dynamics Inferred from Molybdenum Isotope Anomalies in Meteorites
G. Budde, C. Burkhardt, T. Kleine 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2018), Abstract #2353 PDF
Chemical and mineralogical characterization of the Mineo (Sicily, Italy) pallasite: A unique sample
Zucchini, A., Petrelli, M., Frondini, F., Petrone, C. M., Sassi, P., Di Michele, A., Palmerini, S., Trippella, O. and Busso, M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13002 LINK “The Mineo pallasite is characterized here for…
Laboratory mid-IR spectra of equilibrated and igneous meteorites. Searching for observables of planetesimal debrisOPEN ACCESS
B.L. de Vries, H. Skogby, L.B.F.M. Waters, M. Min Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 October 2017 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “Highlights • We provide new mid-IR transmission spectra of powdered meteorites •…
Trace element inventory of meteoritic Ca-phosphates
Dustin Ward, Addi Bischoff, Julia Roszjar, Jasper Berndt, Martin J. Whitehouse American Mineralogist 10.2138/am-2017-6056 First Published on September 05, 2017 LINK “Most extraterrestrial samples feature the two accessory Ca-phosphates (apatite-group minerals and merrillite), which are…
Thermal equilibration of iron meteorite and pallasite parent bodies recorded at the mineral scale by Fe and Ni isotope systematics
Stepan M. Chernonozhkin, Mona Weyrauch, Steven Goderis, Martin Oeser, Seann J. McKibbin, Ingo Horn, Lutz Hecht, Stefan Weyer, Philippe Claeys, Frank Vanhaecke Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 August 2017…
A high spatial resolution synchrotron Mössbauer study of the Tazewell IIICD and Esquel pallasite meteorites.OPEN ACCESS
Blukis, R., Rüffer, R., Chumakov, A. I. and Harrison, R. J. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.12841 Version of Record online: 15 MAR 2017 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Metallic phases in the Tazewell IIICD iron…
Basaltic Lithic Clasts in Type 1A and 2A Mesosiderites: Trend Towards a Eucritic Composition
B. Baecker, B. A. Cohen, A. E. Rubin, B. Frasl, C. M. Corrigan 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #2836 PDF
U–Pb and Hf–W dating of young zircon in Mesosiderite Asuka 882023
Koike, M., N. Sugiura, N. Takahata, A. Ishida, and Y. Sano Geophysical Research Letters 44 Accepted manuscript online: 27 January 2017 DOI: 10.1002/2016GL071609 LINK “Mesosiderites are unique stony-iron meteorites, composed of eucrite-like silicates and Fe–Ni…
Ion Microprobe Analyses of Carbon in Fe-Ni Metal in Iron Meteorites and Mesosiderites
Joseph I. Goldstein, Gary R. Huss, Edward R.D. Scott Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 December 2016 LINK “Carbon concentrations in kamacite, taenite, and plessite (kamacite-taenite intergrowths) were measured in…
Effect of parent body evolution on equilibrium and kinetic isotope fractionation: a combined Ni and Fe isotope study of iron and stony-iron meteorites
Stepan M. Chernonozhkin, Steven Goderis, Marta Costas-Rodríguez, Philippe Claeys, Frank Vanhaecke Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 9 May 2016 LINK “Various iron and stony-iron meteorites have been characterized for their…
Aligned olivine in the Springwater pallasite.
Fowler-Gerace, N. A., Tait, K. T., Moser, D. E., Barker, I. and Tian, B. Y. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12650 LINK “The mechanism by which olivine grains became embedded within iron-nickel alloy in pallasite…
Formation of the Treysa quintet and the main-group pallasites by impact-generated processes in the IIIAB asteroid.
Wasson, J. T. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12635 LINK “Treysa and Delegate have compositions closely similar to those of IIIAB irons but plot above the IIIAB field on Ir-Au diagrams; for this reason they…
Pallasite paleomagnetism: Quiescence of a core dynamo
Claire I.O. Nichols, James F.J. Bryson, Julia Herrero-Albillos, Florian Kronast, Francis Nimmo, Richard J. Harrison Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 441, 1 May 2016, Pages 103–112 Available online 9 March 2016 LINK (open access)…
Catching Constraints on the Parent Body Genesis of Mesosiderites and a Possible Link to HED (Howardite-Eucrite-Diogenite) Meteorites — A New Hope?
B. Baecker, B. A. Cohen 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2179 PDF
Choteau Makes Three: A Characterization of the Third Member of the Vermillion Subgroup
J. D. Gregory, R. G. Mayne, J. S. Boesenberg, M. Humayun, A. P. Silver, R. C. Greenwood, I. A. Franchi 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2393 PDF
Magnesium isotopic composition of achondrites
Fatemeh Sedaghatpour, Fang-Zhen Teng Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 2 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.11.016 LINK “Magnesium isotopic compositions of 22 well-characterized differentiated meteorites including 7 types of achondrites and pallasite meteorites…
Phosphoran olivine overgrowths: Implications for multiple impacts to the Main Group pallasite parent body
Neva A. Fowler-Gerace, and Kimberly T. Tait American Mineralogist doi: 10.2138/am-2015-5344 v. 100 no. 10 p. 2043-2052 LINK “Phosphoran olivine (1–7 wt% P2O5) is a metastable phase known from fewer than a dozen meteoritic or…
Geochemistry and oxygen isotope composition of main-group pallasites and olivine-rich clasts in mesosiderites: Implications for the “Great Dunite Shortage” and HED-mesosiderite connection
Richard C. Greenwood, Jean-Alix Barrat, Edward R.D. Scott, Henning Haack, Paul C. Buchanan, Ian.A. Franchi, Akira Yamaguchi, Diane Johnson, Alex W.R. Bevan, Thomas H. Burbine Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online…
Fast grain growth of olivine in liquid Fe-S and the formation of pallasites with rounded olivine grains
Giulio F.D. Solferino, Gregor J. Golabek, Francis Nimmo, Max W. Schmidt Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In press, available online 18 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.020 LINK
Long-lived magnetism from solidification-driven convection on the pallasite parent body
James F. J. Bryson, Claire I. O. Nichols,Julia Herrero-Albillos, Florian Kronast,Takeshi Kasama, Hossein Alimadadi, Gerrit van der Laan, Francis Nimmo, Richard J. Harrison Nature 517, 472–475, (22 January 2015), doi:10.1038/nature14114 LINK (abstract) A rock hard…
Asteroid (354) eleonora: Plucking an odd duck
Michael J. Gaffey, Vishnu Reddy, Sherry-Fieber-Beyer, Edward Cloutis Icarus doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.12.036 available online 9 January 2015 LINK
Cooling rates of mesosiderites at intermediate temperatures
Naoji Sugiura (Univ. of Tokyo), Makoto Kimura (Ibaraki Univ.) PDF LINK
Geochemical characteristics and U-Pb age of metamorphic zircons from Estherville: constraints on the timing of mesosiderite formation
Makiko K. Haba (NIPR), Akira Yamaguchi (NIPR), Hiroyuki Kagi (The Univ. of Tokyo), Keisuke Nagao (The Univ. of Tokyo), Hiroshi Hidaka (Hiroshima Univ.) PDF LINK
