Formation of non-magmatic iron-meteorite group IIE
John T. Wasson Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 October 2016 LINK “Instrumental neutron-activation (INAA) data for metal in 22 nonmagmatic IIE meteorites show narrow ranges in Ir and other…
The initial 41Ca/40Ca ratios in two Type A Ca-Al-rich Inclusions: Implications for the origin of short-lived 41Ca
Ming-Chang Liu Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 26 October 2016 LINK “This paper reports new 41Ca-41K isotopic data for two Type A CAIs, NWA 3118 #1Nb (Compact Type A) and…
Regolith breccia Northwest Africa 7533: Mineralogy and petrology with implications for early Mars.
Hewins, R. H., Zanda, B., Humayun, M., Nemchin, A., Lorand, J.-P., Pont, S., Deldicque, D., Bellucci, J. J., Beck, P., Leroux, H., Marinova, M., Remusat, L., Göpel, C., Lewin, E., Grange, M., Kennedy, A. and…
An unusual occurrence of coesite at the Lonar crater, India.
Jaret, S. J., Phillips, B. L., King, D. T., Glotch, T. D., Rahman, Z. and Wright, S. P. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12745 LINK “Coesite has been identified within ejected blocks of shocked basalt…
Thermal and chemical evolution in the early Solar System as recorded by FUN CAIs: Part II – Laboratory evaporation of potential CMS-1 precursor material
Ruslan A. Mendybaev, Curtis D. Williams, Michael J. Spicuzza, Frank M. Richter, John W. Valley, Alexei V. Fedkin, Meenakshi Wadhwa Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript Available online 21 October 2016 LINK “We…
The Lawn Hill annulus: An Ordovician meteorite impact into water-saturated dolomite.
Darlington, V., Blenkinsop, T., Dirks, P., Salisbury, J. and Tomkins, A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12734 First published: 21 October 2016 LINK “The Lawn Hill Impact Structure (LHIS) is located 250 km N of…
Numerical determination of visible/NIR optical constants from laboratory spectra of HED meteorites
Jorge A.G. Davalos, Jorge Márcio Carvano, Julio Blanco Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 October 2016 LINK “Highlights • Optical constants from reflectance spectra of meteorite samples are retrieved. • The method uses…
Microstructures and Formation History of Melilite-Rich Calcium-Aluminum-Rich Inclusions from the ALHA77307 CO3.0 Chondrite
Jangmi Han, Adrian J. Brearley Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 October 2016 LINK “We have studied four melilite-rich calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs) from the Allan Hills A77307 CO3.0 chondrite using…
Olivine settling in cosmic spherules during atmospheric deceleration: An indicator of the orbital eccentricity of interplanetary dustOPEN ACCESS
Matthew J. Genge, Martin Suttl Geophysical Research Letters 43 DOI: 10.1002/2016GL070874 First published: 19 October 2016 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Key Points * Antarctic cosmic spherules with cumulate textures are reported * Numerical…
The Impact Ejecta Environment of Near Earth Asteroids
Jamey R. Szalay and Mihály Horány The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 830, Number 2 LINK “Impact ejecta production is a ubiquitous process that occurs on all airless bodies throughout the solar system. Unlike the Moon,…
Geochemistry and petrology of howardite Miller Range 11100: A lithologically diverse piece of the Vestan regolith
Gregory, T., Joy, K. H., Strekopytov, S. and Curran, N. M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12782 LINK “The howardite-eucrite-diogenite (HED) clan of meteorites, which most likely originate from the asteroid Vesta, provide an opportunity…
A unique corundum and refractory metal-nugget bearing micrometeorite P117
Rudraswami, N. G., Reshma, K. and Shyam Prasad, M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12783 LINK “Micrometeorites provide a large range of samples sourced from a wide variety of planetary materials, thereby providing a scope…
Effects of sonochemical treatment on meteoritic nanodiamonds
Fisenko, A. V., Verchovsky, S. B., Shiryaev, A. A. and Semjonova, L. F. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12743 LINK “A nanodiamond-rich fraction (NDF) separated from the Orgueil meteorite was subjected to a high-intensity ultrasonic…
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…
Experimental petrology of the Tissint meteorite: Redox estimates, crystallization curves, and evaluation of petrogenetic models
Castle, N. and Herd, C. D. K. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12739 LINK “Tissint is an olivine-phyric shergottite from an incompatible element depleted Martian mantle source. Oxythermobarometry applied to Tissint mineral phases demonstrates that…
Impact ejecta at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary
Morgan F. Schaller, Megan K. Fung, James D. Wright, Miriam E. Katz, Dennis V. Kent Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 225-229 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf5466 LINK “Extraterrestrial impacts have left a substantial imprint…
The ‘Aletai meteorite rain’ ( 阿勒泰隕石雨) – Longer Armanty strewnfield (Xinjiang, China)OPEN ACCESS
LINK (13 October, 2016) (The cover picture of this post shows the 18-ton meteorite 安拉之泪 found in 2011 which is not mentioned in “Aletai: The longest meteorite strewn field on Earth”.) View also: Aletai: The…
The petrology, geochemistry, and age of lunar regolith breccias Miller Range 090036 and 090070: Insights into the crustal history of the Moon.
Calzada-Diaz, A., Joy, K. H., Crawford, I. A. and Strekopytov, S. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12737 LINK “Meteorites ejected from the surface of the Moon as a result of impact events are an important…
Strontium and neodymium isotope systematics of target rocks and impactites from the El’gygytgyn impact structure: Linking impactites and target rocks.
Wegner, W. and Koeberl, C. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12731 LINK “The 3.6 Ma El’gygytgyn structure, located in northeastern Russia on the Chukotka Peninsula, is an 18 km diameter complex impact structure. The bedrock…
Reported sulfate mineral in lunar meteorite PCA 02007 is impact glass.
Gross, J., Treiman, A. H. and Harlow, G. E. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12741 LINK “A grain of light-blue sulfate material was reported in the lunar highlands regolith meteorite PCA 02007 (Satterwhite and Righter…
A renewed search for short-lived 126Sn in the early Solar System: Hydride generation MC-ICPMS for high sensitivity Te isotopic analysis
Gregory A. Brennecka, Lars E. Borg, Stephen J. Romaniello, Amanda K. Souders, Quinn R. Shollenberger, Naomi E. Marks, Meenakshi Wadhwa Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 12 October 2016 LINK “Although…
The global elemental composition of 433 Eros: First results from the NEAR Gamma-Ray Spectrometer orbital dataset
Patrick N. Peplowski Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2016.10.006 LINK “Highlights • First results from the NEAR GRS orbital investigation • Eros’ surface composition is consistent with ordinary chondrites, enstatite chondrites, and…
Calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions with fractionation and unidentified nuclear effects (FUN CAIs): II. Heterogeneities of magnesium isotopes and 26Al in the early Solar System inferred from in situ high-precision magnesium-isotope measurements
Changkun Park, Kazuhide Nagashima, Alexander N. Krot, Gary R. Huss, Andrew M. Davis, Martin Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 October 2016 LINK “Calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions with isotopic mass fractionation…
A review of volatiles in the Martian interior
Filiberto, J., Baratoux, D., Beaty, D., Breuer, D., Farcy, B. J., Grott, M., Jones, J. H., Kiefer, W. S., Mane, P., McCubbin, F. M. and Schwenzer, S. P. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12680 Version…
New constraints on the magnetic history of the CV parent body and the solar nebula from the Kaba meteorite
Jérôme Gattacceca, Benjamin P. Weiss, Matthieu Gounelle Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 6 October 2016 LINK “Highlights • Kaba meteorite is a high-fidelity recorder of the CV parent body…
The “suevite” conundrum, Part 1: The Ries suevite and Sudbury Onaping Formation compared.
Osinski, G. R., Grieve, R. A. F., Chanou, A. and Sapers, H. M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12728 LINK “The term “suevite” has been applied to various impact melt-bearing breccias found in different stratigraphic…
Mineral chemistry of the Tissint meteorite: Indications of two-stage crystallization in a closed system.
Liu, Y., Baziotis, I. P., Asimow, P. D., Bodnar, R. J. and Taylor, L. A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12726 Version of Record online: 5 OCT 2016 DOI: 10.1111/maps.12726 LINK “The Tissint meteorite is…
Homing in for New Year: impact parameters and pre-impact orbital evolution of meteoroid 2014 AA
C. de la Fuente Marcos, R. de la Fuente Marcos, P. Mialle accepted for publication in Astrophysics and Space Science Submitted on 4 Oct 2016 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) abstract “On 2008 October 7, small asteroid…
Calcium Isotopic Compositions of Chondrites
Shichun Huang, Stein B. Jacobsen Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 4 October 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2016.09.039 LINK “We report mass-dependent and mass-independent Ca isotopic variations in nine chondrites from three groups: carbonaceous,…
Morphological changes of olivine grains reacted with amino acid solutions by impact process
Yuhei Umeda, Atsushi Takase, Nao Fukunaga, Toshimori Sekine, Takamichi Kobayashi, Yoshihiro Furukawa, Takeshi Kakegawa Physics and Chemistry of Minerals First Online:04 October 2016 DOI: 10.1007/s00269-016-0849-y LINK “Early oceans on Earth might have contained certain amounts…
The fate of moderately volatile elements in impact events—Lithium connection between the Ries sediments and central European tektites.
Rodovská, Z., Magna, T., Žák, K., Skála, R., Brachaniec, T. and Visscher, C. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12733 Version of Record online: 3 OCT 2016 LINK “Lithium abundances and isotope compositions are presented for…
Molybdenum isotopic evidence for the origin of chondrules and a distinct genetic heritage of carbonaceous and non-carbonaceous meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Gerrit Budde, Christoph Burkhardt, Gregory A. Brennecka, Mario Fischer-Gödde, Thomas S. Kruijer, Thorsten Kleine Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 3 October 2016 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Nucleosynthetic…
53Mn-53Cr Chronology of Ca-Fe Silicates in CV3 Chondrites
Glenn J. MacPherson, Kazuhide Nagashima, Alexander N. Krot, Patricia M. Doyle, Marina A. Ivanova Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 October 2016 LINK This study is dedicated to our late…
High-temperature Rims around Calcium-aluminum-rich Inclusions from the CR, CB and CH Carbonaceous Chondrites
Alexander N. Krot, Kazuhide Nagashima, Elishevah M.M. van Kooten, Martin Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 October 2016 LINK “We describe the mineralogy, petrology and oxygen isotopic compositions of…
Mass independent sulfur isotope signatures in CMs: implications for sulfur chemistry in the early solar system
J. Labidi, J. Farquhar, C.M.O’D. Alexander, D.L. Eldridge, H. Oduro Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 October 2016 LINK “We have investigated the quadruple sulfur isotopic composition of inorganic sulfur-bearing…
Meteoritical Bulletin updates
- Northwest Africa 18584 (Eucrite)
- Northwest Africa 18582 (Eucrite-br)
- Northwest Africa 18578 (L3)
- Northwest Africa 18581 (Eucrite)
- Northwest Africa 18576 (LL3-4)
- Northwest Africa 18520 (CVox3)
- Los Vientos 600 (Ureilite-an)
- Northeast Africa 124 (Ureilite)
- Northwest Africa 18439 (Lunar)
- Northwest Africa 18256 (L3)
- Northwest Africa 18231 (Martian (shergottite))
- Northwest Africa 18560 (LL3)
- Calate 064 (L3)
- Caleta el Cobre 081 (L3)
- Catalina 1052 (L3)
- Denader 004 (CB)
- Fengning (Iron, IIIAB)
- Mdeïné 003 (Iron, ungrouped)
- Northwest Africa 16442 (L3-5-melt breccia)
- Gyarub Zangbo (b) (Iron, IAB-sHH)
