Geochemistry of pallasite olivine and the origin of pallasites
David W. Mittlefehldt Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 13 August 2024 LINK “I have done major element analyses by electron microprobe, in-situ trace element analyses by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, and instrumental…
Metal-silicate mixing in planetesimal collisionsOPEN ACCESS
Kang Shuai, Christoph M. Schäfer, Christoph Burger, Hejiu Hui Astronomy & Astrophysics manuscriptReceived: 22 August 2023 / Accepted: 12 April 2024, Published: 20 July 2024 PDF 1 (OPEN ACCESS)PDF 2 (OPEN ACCESS) “Impacts between differentiated…
Chemical and genetic characterization of the ungrouped pallasite LieksaOPEN ACCESS
Emily M. Chiappe, Richard D. Ash, Arto Luttinen, Sari Lukkari, Jukka Kuva, Connor D. Hilton, Richard J. Walker MAPSVersion of Record online: 03 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The meteorite Lieksa was found…
Isotopic constraints on genetic relationships among group IIIF iron meteorites, Fitzwater Pass, and the Zinder pallasiteOPEN ACCESS
Jonas Pape, Bidong Zhang, Fridolin Spitzer, Alan Rubin, Thorsten Kleine Accepted for publication in Meteoritics & Planetary Science, pre-proof PDF (OPEN ACCESS) UPDATE (21 September 2023): MAPS, Version of Record online: 20 September 2023 LINK…
Reconciling fast and slow cooling during planetary formation as recorded in the main group pallasitesOPEN ACCESS
M. Murphy Quinlan, A.M. Walker, C.J. Davies Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 618, 15 September 2023, 118284 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights Fast and slow cooling recorded in pallasites can be explained by metal…
Mantle fragmentation and incomplete core merging of colliding planetesimals as evidenced by pallasites
Nicolas P. Walte, Christopher M. Howard, Gregor J. Golabek Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 617, 1 September 2023, 118247 LINK “Main group pallasites were likely formed by the collision of their parent body with a…
Insight into History of GCR Heavy Nuclei Fluxes by Their Tracks in Meteorites
A. B. Alexandrov, A. V. Bagulya, P. A. Babaev, M. M. Chernyavsky, A. A. Gippius, S. A. Gorbunov, V. M. Grachev, G. V. Kalinina, N. S. Konovalova, N. M. Okateva, N. G. Polukhina, R. A….
Results of an Eight-Year Extraction of Phosphorus Minerals within the Seymchan MeteoriteOPEN ACCESS
Maheen Gull, Tian Feng and Matthew A. Pasek Life 2022, 12(10), 1591Published: 12 October 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “In-fall of extraterrestrial material including meteorites and interstellar dust particles during the late heavy bombardment are…
History of heavy r-process elements in galactic cosmic rays from nuclei tracks in meteorite olivine
Andrey Alexandrov, Pavel Babaev, Alexander Bagulya, Mikhail Chernyavsky,Alexei Gippius, Sergei Gorbunov, Victor Grachev, Galina Kalinina, Nina Konovalova, Natalia Okateva, Natalia Polukhina, Ruslan Rymzhanov, Elena Starkova, Nikolai Starkov, Than Naing Soe, Tatiana Shchedrina, Alexander Volkov, Roman…
Karavannoe: Mineralogy, trace element geochemistry, and origin of Eagle Station group pallasites
Svetlana N. Teplyakova, Cyril A. Lorenz, Marina A. Ivanova, Munir Humayun, Nataliya N. Kononkova, Sergey E. Borisovsky, Alexander V. Korochantsev, Ian A. Franchi, Nina G. Zinovieva MAPSVersion of Record online: 20 April 2022 LINK “Karavannoe…
Olivine aggregates reveal a complex collisional history of the main group pallasite parent bodyOPEN ACCESS
Nicolas P. Walte, Gregor J. Golabek MAPSVersion of Record online: 08 April 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Olivine aggregates, bodies found in pallasites that consist of olivines with coherent grain boundaries and minor amounts…
Tungsten and molybdenum isotopic evidence for an impact origin of pallasites
Thomas S. Kruijer, Christoph Burkhardt, Lars E. Borg, Thorsten Kleine Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 584, 15 April 2022 LINK “Highlights • Strong isotopic and chronological link between pallasites and IIIAB iron meteorites.• Main-group pallasite…
Connecting Asteroids and Meteorites with visible and near-infrared spectroscopyOPEN ACCESS
Francesca E. DeMeo, Brian J. Burt, Michaël Marsset, David Polishook, Thomas H. Burbine, Benoît Carry, Richard P. Binzel, Pierre Vernazza, Vishnu Reddy, Michelle Tang, Cristina A. Thomas, Andrew S. Rivkin, Nicholas A. Moskovitz, Stephen M….
Chemical study of group IIIF iron meteorites and the potentially related pallasites Zinder and Northwest Africa 1911OPEN ACCESS
Bidong Zhang, Nancy L. Chabot, Alan E. Rubin, Munir Humayun, Joseph S. Boesenberg, Deon van Niekerk Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 10 February 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Group IIIF was established…
Anomaly in the Spectrum of Galactic Cosmic Ray Nuclei in Olivine Crystals from Meteorites
G. V. Kalinina, Than Naing Soe & N. I. Starkov Physics of Atomic Nuclei, Volume 84, pages 849–854 (2021)Published: 29 December 2021 LINK “An anomaly in the spectra of galactic cosmic ray nuclei in olivine…
A time-resolved paleomagnetic record of Main Group pallasites: Evidence for a large-cored, thin-mantled parent body
Claire I. O. Nichols, James F.J. Bryson, Rory D. Cottrell, Roger R. Fu, Richard J. Harrison, Julia Herrero-Albillos, Florian Kronast, John A. Tarduno, Benjamin P. Weiss JGR PlanetsFirst Published: 18 June 2021 LINK “Several paleomagnetic…
Amino acid abundances and compositions in iron and stony‐iron meteorites
Jamie E. Elsila, Natasha M. Johnson, Daniel P. Glavin, José C. Aponte, Jason P. Dworkin Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 25 March 2021 LINK “The organic compositions of carbonaceous chondrite meteorites have been…
Evaluating the O‐Cr‐Mo isotope signatures in various meteorites representing core–mantle–crust fragments: Implications for partially differentiated planetesimal(s) accreted in the early outer solar system
Arshad Ali, Iffat Jabeen Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 07 February 2021 LINK “The Allende, Eagle Station pallasites (ESP), some ungrouped achondrites (UA), and ungrouped irons (UI) represent different types of meteorites; these…
Olivines in main-group pallasites: magma-ocean cumulates or partial melting residues?OPEN ACCESS
J.-A. Barrat, L. Ferrière Geochemical Perspectives Letters v16Published 21 January 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Main-group pallasites (MGPs) are meteorites mainly composed of Fe-Ni metal and olivines, the latter being considered as one of…
Crystallization histories of the group IIF iron meteorites and Eagle Station pallasites
Connor D. Hilton, Richard D. Ash, Richard J. Walker Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 22 December 2020 LINK “The group IIF iron meteorites and Eagle Station pallasites (PES) have highly siderophile element abundances…
New constraints on the formation of main group pallasites derived from in situ trace element analysis and 2D mapping of olivine and phosphate
M. Chernonozhkin, Seann J. McKibbin, Steven Goderis, Stijn J.M.Van Malderen, Philippe Claeys, Frank Vanhaecke Chemical GeologyAvailable online 20 December 2020 LINK “Pallasites are stony‑iron meteorites consisting mainly of olivine and Fe-Ni metal with a formation…
Influence of Seymchan Meteorite Structure on the Growth and Properties of Carbon Nanotubes
Anastasia S. Begunova, Grigoriy A. Yakovlev, Robert V. Kamalov, Elizaveta A. Pankrushina, Victor I. Grokhovsky Minerals: Structure, Properties, Methods of Investigation pp 27-35, Conference paper LINK “Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were synthesized by chemical vapor deposition…
Electron Microprobe/SIMS Determinations of Al in Olivine: Applications to Solar Wind, Pallasites and Trace Element Measurements
Julie M. Paque, Amy E. Hofmann, Donald S. Burnett, Yunbin Guan, Amy J.G. Jurewicz, Dorothy S. Woolum, Chi Ma, George R. Rossman Geostandards & Geoanalytical Research LINK “Electron probe microanalyser measurements of trace elements with…
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,…
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…
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. •…
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
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 •…
Lieksa meteorites (ungrouped pallasite)
Last update: 30 May 2023 Finnish Geologian tutkimuskeskus (GTK) announced the finding of a 238.3-gram meteorite (66 x 60 x 30 mm) by Pekka Vallimies at location 63°24.382’N, 30°04.227’E on 30 May 2017 while looking…
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…
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)…
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