Spectral Characterization of Analog Samples in Anticipation of OSIRIS-REx’s Arrival at Bennu: A Blind Test Study
K.L. Donaldson Hanna, D.L. Schrader, E.A. Cloutis, G.D. Cody, A.J. King, T.J. McCoy, D.M. Applin, J.P. Mann, N.E. Bowles, J.R. Brucato, H.C. Connolly Jr., E. Dotto, L.P. Keller, L.F. Lim, B.E. Clark, V.E. Hamilton, C….
Aqueous Alteration of Porous Microchondrules in Semarkona: Implications for Hydration, Oxidation and Elemental Exchange Processes
E. Dobrică, C. Le Guillou, A.J. Brearley Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 18 October 2018 LINK “Porous, igneous glassy microchondrules are relatively common in Semarkona and other unequilibrated ordinary chondrites…
Terrestrial exposure of a fresh Martian meteorite causes rapid changes in hydrogen isotopes and water concentrationsOPEN ACCESS
Alice Stephant, Laurence A. J. Garvie, Prajkta Mane, Richard Hervig & Meenakshi Wadhwa Scientific Reports 8, 12385 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Determining the hydrogen isotopic compositions and H2O contents of meteorites and their…
Collisional and alteration history of the CM parent body
Lionel G. Vacher, Yves Marrocchi, Johan Villeneuve, Maximilien J. Verdier-Paoletti, Matthieu Gounelle Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 10 August 2018 LINK “Boriskino is a little studied CM2 chondrite composed of…
Insights into the origin of carbonaceous chondrite organics from their triple oxygen isotope composition
Romain Tartèse, Marc Chaussidon, Andrey Gurenko, Frédéric Delarue, and François Robert PNAS August 6, 2018. 201808101; published ahead of print August 6, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1808101115 LINK Significance “Refractory organic matter found in volatile-rich asteroidal materials essentially…
Organic and mineralogic heterogeneity of the Paris meteorite followed by FTIR hyperspectral imaging
Z. Dionnet, A. Aleon‐Toppani, D. Baklouti, F. Borondics, F. Brisset, Z. Djouadi, C. Sandt, R. Brunetto LINK Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13178 “Significant compositional and structural heterogeneity at nm to mm scales is an important…
Meteorite “Hocheppan” – a Forensic Study
Karl Wimmer published: 5 July 2018 LINK According to Meteoritic Bulletin entry “Hocheppan” an H5 chondrite of 1.236 kg with mostly intact fusion crust was found in October 2016 on a hillside covered with scree…
Meteorite reconnaissance in Saudi Arabia
Beda A. Hofmann, Edwin Gnos, A. J. Timothy Jull, Sönke Szidat, Ayman Majoub, Khalid Al Wagdani, Siddiq N. Habibullah, Mohammed Halawani, Mohammed Hakeem, Mahmoud Al Shanti, Abdulaziz Al Solami Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published:…
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…
Meteorite flaws and scaling for atmospheric entry
Kathryn L. Bryson, Daniel R. Ostrowski, Aline Blasizzo Planetary and Space Science Available online 28 June 2018 doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2018.06.018 LINK “Highlights • Scale strength of meteorite to parent body using scaling factor. • Non-destructive technique to…
Aqueous alteration of the Martian meteorite Northwest Africa 817: Probing fluid–rock interaction at the nakhlite launch siteOPEN ACCESS
M. R. LeeL. Daly, B. E. Cohen, L. J. Hallis, S. Griffin, P. Trimby, A. Boyce, D. F. Mark Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 28 June 2018 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The…
Redox-influenced trace element compositional differences among variably aqueously altered CM chondrites
Jon M. Friedrich, Neyda M. Abreu, Stephen F. Wolf, Julianne M. Troiano, Gregory L. Stanek Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 27 June 2018 LINK “It is generally agreed that the CM chondrites are remarkably…
Isotope record of mineralogical changes in a spectrum of aqueously altered CM chondrites
Elishevah M.M.E. van Kooten, Larissa L. Cavalcante, Kazuhide Nagashima, Takeshi Kasama, Zoltan I. Balogh, Zan Peeters, Silver Sung-Yun Hsiao, Hsien Shang, Der-Chuen Lee, Typhoon Lee, Alexander N. Krot, Martin Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available…
Terrestrial Ages of Meteorites Using in situ C-14 and Be-10 Measurements
Sliz M. U., Braucher R., Gattacceca J., Hofmann B. A., Jull A. J. T., Leya I., Szidat S., ASTER Team 81st Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2018 [#6297] abstract “We present the preliminary 14C/10Be…
Aqueous Alteration Characteristics of Mukundpura (CM2) Chondrite
Panda D. K., Ray D., Shukla A. D. 81st Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2018 [#6270] abstract “Hydrated minerals are commonly found in the carbonaceous chondrite due to high content of H2O (upto 10…
Particle size distributions in chondritic meteorites: Evidence for pre-planetesimal historiesOPEN ACCESS
J.I. Simon, J.N. Cuzzi, K.A. McCain, M.J. Cato, P.A. Christoffersen, K.R. Fisher, P. Srinivasan, A.W. Tait, D.M. Olson, J.D. Scargle Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 494, 15 July 2018, Pages 69–82 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)…
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…
Rapid effects of terrestrial alteration on highly siderophile elements in the Sutter’s Mill meteorite
Richard J. Walker, Qing‐Zhu Yin, Philipp R. Heck Meteoritics & Planetary Science Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13102 LINK “The 187Re‐187Os isotopic systematics of many bulk chondrites plot well beyond analytical uncertainties of a primordial isochron….
Identification of meteorite source regions in the solar systemOPEN ACCESS
Mikael Granvik, Peter Brown Icarus Available online 14 April 2018 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Over the past decade there has been a large increase in the number of automated camera networks that monitor…
Ceres’ spectral link to carbonaceous chondrites — Analysis of the dark background materials
Michael Schäfer, Tanja Schäfer, Matthew R. M. Izawa, Edward A. Cloutis, Stefan E. Schröder, Thomas Roatsch, Frank Preusker, Katrin Stephan, Klaus‐Dieter Matz Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13079 LINK “Ceres’ surface has commonly been linked with…
Oxygen isotopic evidence for accretion of Earth’s water before a high-energy Moon-forming giant impactOPEN ACCESS
By Richard C. Greenwood, Jean-Alix Barrat, Martin F. Miller, Mahesh Anand, Nicolas Dauphas, Ian A. Franchi, Patrick Sillard, Natalie A. Starkey Science Advances 28 Mar 2018: Vol. 4, no. 3, eaao5928 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aao5928 LINK (OPEN…
Fe isotope composition of bulk chondrules from Murchison (CM2): Constraints for parent body alteration, nebula processes and chondrule-matrix complementarity
Dominik C. Hezel, Johanna S. Wilden, Daniel Becker, Sonja Steinbach, Markus Harak Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 490, 15 May 2018, Pages 31-39 LINK “Highlights • We report the first Fe isotope data for…
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…
The Surface Composition of Ceres from the Dawn Mission
Thomas B. McCord, Francesca Zambon Icarus Available online 14 March 2018 LINK “Highlights • This article provides the context for “Ceres mineralogical mapping special issue”; • We describe the global mineralogy of Ceres; • A…
Redistribution of Sr and rare earth elements in the matrices of CV3 carbonaceous chondrites during aqueous alteration in their parent bodyOPEN ACCESS
Kaori Jogo, Motoo Ito, Tomoki Nakamura, Sachio Kobayashi, Jong Ik Lee Earth, Planets and Space December 2018, 70:37 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We measured the abundances of Sr and rare earth elements (REEs)…
Cosmic History and a Candidate Parent Asteroid for the Quasicrystal-bearing Meteorite KhatyrkaOPEN ACCESS
Matthias M.M. Meier, Luca Bindi, Philipp R. Heck, April I. Neander, Nicole H. Spring, My E. I. Riebe, Colin Maden, Heinrich Baur, Paul J. Steinhardt, Rainer Wieler, Henner Busemann Submitted to Earth and Planetary Science…
Oxygen isotope systematics of chondrules in the Murchison CM2 chondrite and implications for the CO-CM relationship
Noël Chaumard, Céline Defouilloy, Noriko T. Kita Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 5 March 2018 LINK “High-precision oxygen three-isotope measurements of olivine and pyroxene were performed on 29 chondrules in the Murchison CM2 chondrite…
Chemical, isotopic and amino acid composition of Mukundpura CM2.0 (CM1) chondrite: Evidence of parent body aqueous alterationOPEN ACCESS
N.G. Rudraswami, A.K. Naik, R.P. Tripathi, N. Bhandari, S.G. Karapurkar, M.Shyam Prasad, E.V.S.S.K. Babu, V. Sarathi Geoscience Frontiers, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 17 February 2018 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “Highlights • Mukundpura has…
I-Xe dating of aqueous alteration in the CI chondrite Orgueil: I. Magnetite and ferromagnetic separates
O. Pravdivtseva, A.N. Krot, C.M. Hohenberg Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 12 February 2018 LINK “The I-Xe system was studied in a ferromagnetic sample separated from the Orgueil CI carbonaceous…
Characterization of the organic matter and hydration state of Antarctic micrometeorites: A reservoir distinct from carbonaceous chondrites
M. Battandier, L. Bonal, E. Quirico, P. Beck, C. Engrand, J. Duprat, E. Dartois Icarus Volume 306, 15 May 2018, Pages 74-93 LINK “Highlights • 35 Antarctic micrometeorites (AMMs) studied in Raman and IR spectroscopies….
Spectral reflectance “deconstruction” of the Murchison CM2 carbonaceous chondrite and implications for spectroscopic investigations of dark asteroids
Edward A. Cloutis, Valerie B. Pietrasz, Cain Kiddell, Matthew R.M. Izawa, Pierre Vernazza, Thomas H. Burbine, Francesca DeMeo, Kimberly T. Tait, James F. Bell III, Paul Mann, Daniel M. Applin, Vishnu Reddy Icarus, Volume 305,…
Northwest Africa 8418: A CV4 Chondrite, with New Insights into Secondary Processes on the CV Parent Body
L. Mallozzi, G. J. MacPherson, C. M. Corrigan, A. J. Irving, D. Pitt 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2018), Abstract #2555 abstract
Mineralogy, Petrography, and Oxygen Isotopic Compositions of Ultrarefractory Inclusions from Carbonaceous Chondrites
A. N. Krot, C. Ma, K. Nagashima, A. M. Davis, J. R. Beckett, S. B. Simon, M. Komatsu, T. J. Fagan, F. Brenker, M. A. Ivanova, A. Bischoff 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2018),…
Ephemeral Nebular Components in the Mildly Aqueously Altered CM Carbonaceous Chondrite LEW 85311
M. R. Lee, B. E. Cohen, D. F. Mark, A. Boyce 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2018), Abstract #1287 abstract
Isotopic and Chemical Evidence for Primitive Aqueous Alteration in the Tagish Lake Meteorite
Keisuke Sakuma, Hiroshi Hidaka, and Shigekazu Yoneda The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 853, Number 1 LINK “Aqueous alteration is one of the primitive activities that occurred on meteorite parent bodies in the early solar system. The…
Oxygen Isotope Thermometry of DaG 476 and SaU 008 Martian Meteorites: Implications for Their OriginOPEN ACCESS
by Arshad Ali, Iffat Jabeen, Sobhi J. Nasir and Neil R. Banerjee Geosciences 2018, 8(1), 15; doi:10.3390/geosciences8010015 Published: 8 January 2018 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report the equilibration temperatures derived from the…
Chemical variations of sulfides and metal in enstatite chondrites—Introduction of a new classification scheme
Weyrauch, M., Horstmann, M. and Bischoff, A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13025 LINK “In this study, the metal and sulfide compositions of 45 enstatite chondrites were analyzed to determine possible mineral-chemical trends correlated with…
The retention of dust in protoplanetary disks: Evidence from agglomeratic olivine chondrules from the outer Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS (until 25 Feb 2018)
Devin L. Schrader, Kazuhide Nagashima, Scott R. Waitukaitis, Jemma Davidson, Timothy J. McCoy, Harold C. Connolly Jr., Dante S. Lauretta Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 18 December 2017 LINK (OPEN…
Formation of chondrules in a moderately high dust enriched disk: evidence from oxygen isotopes of chondrules from the Kaba CV3 chondrite
Andreas T. Hertwig, Céline Defouilloy, Noriko T. Kita Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 16 December 2017 LINK “Oxygen three-isotope analysis by secondary ion mass spectrometry of chondrule olivine and pyroxene…
Oxygen isotope reservoirs in the outer asteroid belt inferred from oxygen isotope systematics of chondrule olivines and isolated forsterite and olivine grains in Tagish Lake-type carbonaceous chondrites, WIS 91600 and MET 00432OPEN ACCESS
Masakuni Yamanobe, Tomoki Nakamura, Daisuke Nakashima Polar Science Volume 15, March 2018, Pages 29-38 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “To understand oxygen isotope ratios and redox conditions of the chondrule formation environments of the…
Bulk chemical compositions of Antarctic meteorites in the NIPR collection
M. Kimura, N. Imae, A. Yamaguchi, H. Haramura, H. Kojima Polar Science doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2017.12.001 Available online 5 December 2017 LINK “Bulk chemical compositions of meteorites were traditionally analyzed by wet chemical analysis, and NIPR has data…
Closed system oxygen isotope redistribution in igneous CAIs upon spinel dissolution
Jérôme Aléon Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 482, 15 January 2018, Pages 324–333 LINK “Highlights • Pyroxene in most igneous CAIs becomes 16O-enriched during crystallization. • O isotopes in type A, type B and…
Branching Ratios in Vacuum Ultraviolet Photodissociation of CO and N2: Implications for Oxygen and Nitrogen Isotopic Compositions of the Solar Nebula
Xiaoyu Shi, Qing-Zhu Yin, Hong Gao, Yih-Chung Chang, William M. Jackson, Roger C. Wiens, and Cheuk-Yiu Ng The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 850, Number 1 Published 2017 November 15 LINK “NASA’s Genesis mission reveals that the…
Origin and abundance of water in carbonaceous asteroids
Yves Marrocchi, David V. Bekaert, Laurette Piani Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 482, 15 January 2018, Pages 23-32 LINK Highlights • Bulk, matrix and fayalite grains of CV chondrites define a continuous trend. •…
Oxygen isotopic ratios of primordial water in carbonaceous chondrites
Wataru Fujiya Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 481, 1 January 2018, Pages 264–272 LINK “Highlights • The O isotopic ratio of the primordial water in CM chondrites is determined. • The water contents of…
The origin of alteration “orangettes” in Dhofar 019: Implications for the age and aqueous history of the shergottites.OPEN ACCESS
Hallis, L. J., Kemppinen, L., Lee, M. R. and Taylor, L. A. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.12987 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The shergottites are the largest group of Martian meteorites, and the only group…
Hf-W chronology of CR chondrites: Implications for the timescales of chondrule formation and the distribution of 26Al in the solar nebula
Gerrit Budde, Thomas S. Kruijer, Thorsten Kleine Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript,Available online 24 October 2017 LINK “Renazzo-type carbonaceous (CR) chondrites are distinct from most other chondrites in having younger chondrule 26Al-26Mg…
LOW-TEMPERATURE AQUEOUS ALTERATION ON THE CR CHONDRITE PARENT BODY: IMPLICATIONS FROM IN SITU OXYGEN-ISOTOPE ANALYSES
Christine E. Jilly-Rehak, Gary R. Huss, Kazu Nagashima, Devin L. Schrader Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 October 2017 LINK “The presence of hydrated minerals in chondrites indicates that water…
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…
Carbonaceous chondrites as analogs for the composition and alteration of Ceres.
McSween, H. Y., Emery, J. P., Rivkin, A. S., Toplis, M. J., C. Castillo-Rogez, J., Prettyman, T. H., De Sanctis, M. C., Pieters, C. M., Raymond, C. A. and Russell, C. T. Meteoritics & Planetary…
Reclassification of Hart and Northwest Africa 6047: Criteria for distinguishing between CV and CK3 chondrites.
Dunn, T. L. and Gross, J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12946 LINK “The single parent body model for the CV and CK chondrites (Greenwood et al. ) was challenged by Dunn et al. (),…
Reduced and unstratified crust in CV chondrite parent bodyOPEN ACCESS
Clément Ganino & Guy Libourel Nature Communications 8, Article number: 261 (2017) doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00293-1 Published online: 15 August 2017 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Early Solar System planetesimal thermal models predict the heating of the…
CM and CO chondrites: A common parent body or asteroidal neighbors? Insights from chondrule silicates
Devin L. Schrader, Jemma Davidson Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 July 2017 LINK “By investigating the petrology and chemical composition of type II (FeO-rich) chondrules in the Mighei-like carbonaceous…
Compositions and microstructures of CB sulfides: Implications for the thermal history of the CB chondrite parent body
Srinivasan, P., Jones, R. H. and Brearley, A. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12921 LINK “We studied textures and compositions of sulfide inclusions in unzoned Fe,Ni metal particles within CBa Gujba, CBa Weatherford, CBb…
Giant convecting mud balls of the early solar systemOPEN ACCESS
Philip A. Bland, Bryan J. Travis Science Advances 14 Jul 2017: Vol. 3, no. 7, e1602514 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1602514 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Carbonaceous asteroids may have been the precursors to the terrestrial planets,…
Petrographic and C & O isotopic characteristics of the earliest stages of aqueous alteration of CM chondrites
Lionel G. Vacher, Yves Marrocchi, Johan Villeneuve, Maximilien J. Verdier-Paoletti, Matthieu Gounelle Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 12 July 2017 LINK “CM chondrites form the largest group of hydrated meteorites…
Formation of an Ultracarbonaceous Antarctic Micrometeorite through Minimal Aqueous Alteration in a Small Porous Icy Body
Hikaru Yabuta, Takaaki Noguchi, Shoichi Itoh, Tomoki Nakamura, Akira Miyake, Shinichi Tsujimoto, Noriaki Ohashi, Naoya Sakamoto, Minako Hashiguchi, Ken-ichi Abe, Aya Okubo, A.L. David Kilcoyne, Shogo Tachibana, Ryuji Okazaki, Kentaro Terada, Mitsuru Ebihara, Hiroko Nagahara…
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…
Magnetite in Comet Wild 2: Evidence for parent body aqueous alterationOPEN ACCESS
Hicks, L. J., Macarthur, J. L., Bridges, J. C., Price, M. C., Wickham-Eade, J. E., Burchell, M. J., Hansford, G. M., Butterworth, A. L., Gurman, S. J., Baker, S. H. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.12909 LINK…
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…
Chondrule Olivine Provenance in Carbonaceous Chondrites: Chemical and Oxygen Isotope Systematics
Bonning G. P. Ireland T. R. Ávila J. N. Mallmann G. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6151] abstract (PDF) “Bulk chondrites have specific and distinct bulk O-isotopic compositions, yet they appear to…
Oxygen Isotopic Compositions of Fayalite in the CV Chondrite Kaba
Marrocchi Y. abstract (PDF) 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6179] “The oxygen isotopic compositions of fayalite grains in the CV3 carbonaceous chondrites Kaba bring information on the origin of water accreted by…
Microanalytical Investigation of Fine-Grained Matrix Material in Elephant Moraine 92042: Effects of Parent Body Processing on Primitive Components
Koch I. Floss C. * 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6013] abstract (PDF) “Aqueous alteration has affected presolar silicate abundances in the CR chondrite EET 92042 and has resulted in elemental changes…
Water on Asteroids: The Curious Case of R-Chondrite Miller Range 11207
Gross J. * Treiman A. H. Connolly H. C. Jr. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6145] abstract (PDF) “MIL 11207 is a R-6 chondrite and contains ~12 vol% OH-bearing minerals — amphibole,…
Breccia Classification of CM Chondrites
Bischoff A., Ebert S., Metzler K., Lentfort S. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6089] abstract “CM chondrites are heavily brecciated rocks. We suggest to classify CM chondrites in the same way as…
Insights into Parent Body Alteration from the Distribution of Water and Hydroxyl in Carbonaceous Chondrites
Hamilton V. E. * Abreu N. M. Connolly H. C. Jr. abstract (PDF) 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6263] “We are using µ-FTIR to characterize the spatial distribution of water and hydroxyl…
The Effect of Aqueous Alteration on Primordial Noble Gases in CM Chondrites
Weimer D. * Busemann H. Alexander C. M. O’D. Maden C. abstract (PDF) 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6300] “We have analyzed 32 CM chondrites for their noble gas contents and isotopic…
Petrographic and Isotopic C and O Survey of the Earliest Stages of Aqueous Alteration of CM Chondrites
Vacher L. G. * Marrocchi Y. Villeneuve J. Verdier-Paoletti M. J. Gounelle M. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6031] abstract “CM Paris shows two populations of carbonates: T1a and a new T0….
Minerals as Markers of Fluid Alteration in Paris Chondrite
Pignatelli I. * Marrocchi Y. Mugnaioli E. Bourdelle F. Gounelle M. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6189] abstract “This nanoscale study deals with tochilinite/cronstedtite intergrowths formed by pseudomorphism of anhydrous minerals in…
Presolar Silicates in the Matrix and Fine-grained Rims Around Chondrules in Primitive CO3.0 Chondrites: Evidence for Pre-Accretionary Aqueous Alteration of the Rims in the Solar Nebula
Pierre Haenecour, Christine Floss, Thomas J. Zega, Thomas K. Croat, Alian Wang, Bradley L. Jolliff, Paul Carpenter Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 June 2017 LINK “To investigate the origin…
Reconciliation of the excess 176Hf conundrum in meteorites: Recent disturbances of the Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd isotope systematics
Rebecca Bast, Erik E. Scherer, Peter Sprung, Klaus Mezger, Mario Fischer-Gödde, Stephan Taetz, Mischa Böhnke, Hinrich Schmid-Beurmann, Carsten Münker, Thorsten Kleine, Gopalan Srinivasan Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 June…
Measuring the level of interstellar inheritance in the solar protoplanetary disk
Conel M. O’D. Alexander,Larry R. Nittler,Jemma Davidson,Fred J. Ciesla Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12891 First published: 6 June 2017 LINK “The timing and extent to which the initial interstellar material was thermally processed provide…
Modification of REE distribution of ordinary chondrites from Atacama (Chile) and Lut (Iran) hot deserts: Insights into the chemical weathering of meteorites.
Pourkhorsandi, H., D’Orazio, M., Rochette, P., Valenzuela, M., Gattacceca, J., Mirnejad, H., Sutter, B., Hutzler, A. and Aboulahris, M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12894 First published: 2 June 2017 LINK “The behavior of rare…
Crystal growth and disequilibrium distribution of oxygen isotopes in an igneous Ca-Al-rich inclusion from the Allende carbonaceous chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Noriyuki Kawasaki, Steven B. Simon, Lawrence Grossman, Naoya Sakamoto, Hisayoshi Yurimoto Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 June 2017 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “TS34 is a Type B1 Ca-Al-rich inclusion (CAI)…
Tracing the oxygen isotope composition of the upper Earth’s atmosphere using cosmic spherulesOPEN ACCESS
Andreas Pack, Andres Höweling, Dominik C. Hezel, Maren T. Stefanak, Anne-Katrin Beck, Stefan T. M. Peters, Sukanya Sengupta, Daniel Herwartz & Luigi Folco Nature Communications 8, Article number: 15702 (2017) doi:10.1038/ncomms15702 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK…
D/H diffusion in serpentine
Hélène Pilorge, Bruno Reynard, Laurent Remusat, Sylvie Le Floch, Gilles Montagnac, Hervé Cardon Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 May 2017 LINK “Interactions between aqueous fluids and ultrabasic rocks are…
Silicate–SiO reaction in a protoplanetary disk recorded by oxygen isotopes in chondrules
Ryoji Tanaka & Eizo Nakamura Nature Astronomy 1, Article number: 0137 (2017) doi:10.1038/s41550-017-0137 LINK “The formation of planetesimals and planetary embryos during the earliest stages of the solar protoplanetary disk largely determined the composition and…
The Bulk Valence State of Fe and the Origin of Water in Chondrites
S. Sutton, C.M.O’D. Alexander, A. Bryant, A. Lanzirotti, M. Newville, E.A. Cloutis Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 May 2017 LINK “There is abundant petrologic evidence for the oxidation of…
The parent body controls on cosmic spherule texture: Evidence from the oxygen isotopic compositions of large micrometeorites
M. van Ginneken, J. Gattacceca, P. Rochette, C. Sonzogni, A. Alexandre, V. Vidal, M.J. Genge Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 16 May 2017 LINK “High-precision oxygen isotopic compositions of eighteen…
A multi-technique search for the most primitive CO chondrites
C.M.O’D. Alexander, R.C. Greenwood, R. Bowden, J.M. Gibson, K.T. Howard, I.A. Franchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 24 April 2017 LINK “As part of a study to identify the most…
Mineralogical, crystallographic and redox features of the earliest stages of fluid alteration in CM chondrites
Isabella Pignatelli, Yves Marrocchi, Enrico Mugnaioli, Franck Bourdelle, Matthieu Gounelle Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 April 2017 LINK “The CM chondrites represent the largest group of hydrated meteorites and…
Defining the mechanism for compaction of the CV chondrite parent body
L.V. Forman, P.A. Bland, N.E. Timms, L. Daly, G.K. Benedix, P.W. Trimby, G.S. Collins, T.M. Davison Geology First published on 11 April 2017 doi:10.1130/G38864.1 LINK “The Allende meteorite, a relatively unaltered member of the CV…
Type 1 aqueous alteration in CM carbonaceous chondrites: Implications for the evolution of water-rich asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
A.J. King, P.F. Schofield, S.S. Russell Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12872 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The CM carbonaceous chondrite meteorites experienced aqueous alteration in the early solar system. They range from mildly…
Variation of mineralogy and organic material during the early stages of aqueous activity recorded in Antarctic micrometeorites
T. Noguchi, H. Yabuta, S. Itoh, N. Sakamoto, T. Mitsunari, A. Okubo, R. Okazaki, T. Nakamura, S. Tachibana, K. Terada, M. Ebihara, N. Imae, M. Kimura, H. Nagahara Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted…
Origin of crystalline silicates from Comet 81P/Wild 2: Combined study on their oxygen isotopes and mineral chemistry
Céline Defouilloy, Daisuke Nakashima, David J. Joswiak, Donald E. Brownlee, Travis J. Tenner, Noriko T. Kita Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 465, 1 May 2017, Pages 145-154 LINK “Highlights • 7 silicates grains from…
In search of the Earth-forming reservoir: Mineralogical, chemical, and isotopic characterizations of the ungrouped achondrite NWA 5363/NWA 5400 and selected chondrites.
Burkhardt, C., Dauphas, N., Tang, H., Fischer-Gödde, M., Qin, L., Chen, J. H., Rout, S. S., Pack, A., Heck, P. R. and Papanastassiou, D. A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12834 LINK “High-precision isotope data…
In situ isotopic studies of the U-depleted Allende CAI Curious Marie: Pre-accretionary alteration and the co-existence of 26Al and 36Cl in the early solar nebula
Haolan Tang, Ming-Chang Liu, Kevin D. McKeegan, Francois L.H. Tissot, Nicolas Dauphas Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 18 March 2017 LINK “The isotopic composition of oxygen as well as 26Al-26Mg…
A gamma-ray spectroscopy survey of Omani meteorites.OPEN ACCESS
Weber, P., Hofmann, B. A., Tolba, T. and Vuilleumier, J.-L. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12847 LINK Update (31 May 2017): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The gamma-ray activities of 33 meteorite samples (30 ordinary chondrites, 1…
Fluid evolution in CM carbonaceous chondrites tracked through the oxygen isotopic compositions of carbonatesOPEN ACCESS
P. Lindgren, M.R. Lee, N.A. Starkey, I.A. Franchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 9 February 2017 dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.01.048 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The oxygen isotopic compositions of calcite grains in four CM…
Oxygen Isotopic Heterogeneity in an Ultrarefractory Phase Bearing CAI from a Reduced Type CV3 Chondrite RBT 04143
T. Yoshizaki, D. Nakashima, T. Nakamura, C. Park, N. Sakamoto, H. Ishida, J. I. Lee 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #1378 LINK
Giant Planet Formation and the Evolution of Oxygen Isotopes in the Solar System
L. P. Keller, C. Snead, K. D. McKeegan 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #2457 LINK
Live(?) 60Fe During Aqueous Alteration of Chondrite Parent Bodies: Evidence from UOCs and CV Chondrites
P. H. Donohue, G. R. Huss, K. Nagashima, M. Telus 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #2307 LINK
Novosibirsk Meteorite: An FeNi-Rich, Highly Shocked H5 Ordinary Chondrite
L. E. McGraw, M. M. Jean, J. Emery, N. M. Podgornykh, L. A. Taylor 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #2460 PDF
Testing the Common Source Hypothesis for CV and CK Chondrites Parent Body Using Δ17O-ε54Cr Isotope Systematics
Q.-Z. Yin, M. E. Sanborn, K. Ziegler 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #1771 PDF
Oxygen Isotope Systematics of Chondrules from the Paris CM2 Chondrite
N. Chaumard, C. Defouilloy, N. T. Kita, A. Hertwig 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #1610 PDF
Linking Meteorites to Asteroids: How Many Parent Bodies Do We Sample in Our Meteorite Collections?
R. C. Greenwood, T. H. Burbine, I. A. Franchi 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #2515 PDF
Northwest Africa 5958: A Weakly Altered C2 Ungrouped Chondrite
E. Jacquet, F. Caste, J.-A. Barrat, P. Beck, J. Gattacceca, C. Sonzogni, M. Gounelle 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #1016 PDF
Northwest Africa 10769: An Ungrouped Chondrite Related to the “Supra-TFL” Chondrites
V. Moggi Cecchi, G. Pratesi, C. Maccelli, S. Caporali, M. Zoppi, R. C. Greenwood, I. A. Franchi 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #2696 PDF
Origin of mass-independent oxygen isotope variation among ureilites: Clues from chondrites and primitive achondrites
I. S. Sanders, E. R. D. Scott and J. S. Delaney Meteoritics & Planetary Science 27 JAN 2017 | DOI: 10.1111/maps.12820 LINK “Ureilite meteorites are abundant, carbon-rich, primitive achondrites made of coarse-grained, equilibrated olivine and…
Simulated Space Weathering of Fe- and Mg-rich Aqueously Altered Minerals Using Pulsed Laser IrradiationOPEN ACCESS
H.M. Kaluna, H.A. Ishii, J.P. Bradley, J.J. Gillis-Davis, P.G. Lucey Update (2 Jan 17): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 December 2016 LINK “Highlights • We simulate space weathering on…
Extensive water ice within Ceres’ aqueously altered regolith: Evidence from nuclear spectroscopyOPEN ACCESS
by T. H. Prettyman, N. Yamashita, M. J. Toplis, H. Y. McSween, N. Schorghofer, S. Marchi, W. C. Feldman, J. Castillo-Rogez, O. Forni, D. J. Lawrence, E. Ammannito, B. L. Ehlmann, H. G. Sizemore, S….
Oxygen isotope characteristics of chondrules from the Yamato-82094 ungrouped carbonaceous chondrite: Further evidence for common O-isotope environments sampled among carbonaceous chondrites.
Tenner, T. J., Kimura, M. and Kita, N. T. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12791 LINK “High-precision secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) was employed to investigate oxygen three isotopes of phenocrysts in 35 chondrules from…
Mn-Cr ages and formation conditions of fayalite in CV3 carbonaceous chondrites: Constraints on the accretion ages of chondritic asteroids
Kaori Jogo, Tomoki Nakamura, Motoo Ito, Shigeru Wakita, Mikhail Yu. Zolotov, Scott R. Messenger Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 November 2016 LINK “Chondritic planetesimals are among the first planetary…
Meteoritical Bulletin updates
- Oued El Hamim 003 (Eucrite)
- Northwest Africa 18237 (Ureilite)
- Northwest Africa 18222 (Ureilite)
- Northwest Africa 18223 (Eucrite)
- Northwest Africa 18206 (Eucrite-melt breccia)
- Northwest Africa 18205 (H3)
- Northwest Africa 18122 (Eucrite)
- Ganq 027 (L3)
- Dalangtan 004 (H3)
- Northwest Africa 18188 (LL3)
- Hammadah al Hamra 348 (Ureilite)
- Gadamis 010 (Angrite)
- Northwest Africa 18184 (CV3)
- Sabkhat Arryd 002 (Eucrite-pmict)
- Northwest Africa 18180 (H3)
- Northwest Africa 18181 (L3)
- Northwest Africa 18183 (Eucrite-melt breccia)
- Yagan 003 (LL3)
- Northwest Africa 18164 (CK3)
- Northwest Africa 18163 (Winonaite)
