Archive for February 15th, 2017

Discovery of the Fe-analogue of akimotoite in the shocked Suizhou L6 chondriteOPEN ACCESS

15/02/2017 18:44 · by karmaka · in L, ordinary chondrite

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…

The January 7, 2015, superbolide over Romania and structural diversity of meter-sized asteroidsOPEN ACCESS

15/02/2017 06:47 · by karmaka · in meteor/meteoroid/bolide

Jiří Borovička, Pavel Spurný, Valentin I. Grigore, Ján Svoreň accepted in Planetary and Space Science PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (16 Feb 2017): abstract “Superbolides, i.e. extremely bright meteors produced by entries of meter-sized bodies into…

Mechanisms of ringwoodite formation in shocked meteorites: Evidence from L5 chondrite Dhofar 1970.

15/02/2017 06:44 · by karmaka · in L, ordinary chondrite, shock metamorphism

Walton, E. L. and McCarthy, S. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12829 Version of Record online: 14 FEB 2017 LINK “The formation of the high-pressure compositional equivalents of olivine and pyroxene has been well-documented within…

Composition and origin of holotype Al-Cu-Zn minerals in relation to quasicrystals in the Khatyrka meteorite.

15/02/2017 06:40 · by karmaka · in carbonaceous chondrite, CV

Last update: 26 June 2018 Ivanova, M. A., Lorenz, C. A., Borisovskiy, S. E., Burmistrov, A. A., Korost, D. V., Korochantsev, A. V., Logunova, M. N., Shornikov, S. I. and Petaev, M. I. Meteoritics &…