Origin and abundances of H2O in the terrestrial planets, Moon, and asteroids
Francis M. McCubbin, Jessica J. Barnes Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 526, 15 November 2019, 115771 LINK “Highlights • Interstellar ices were added to the inner and outer Solar System within 4 Ma of…
Edscottite, Fe5C2, a new iron carbide mineral from the Ni-rich Wedderburn IAB iron meteorite
Chi Ma and Alan E. Rubin American Mineralogist, Volume 104, pages 1351–1355, 2019 LINK PDF “Edscottite (IMA 2018-086a), Fe5C2, is a new iron carbide mineral that occurs with low-Ni iron (kamacite), taenite, nickelphosphide (Ni-dominant schreibersite),…
Raman and infrared spectroscopic perspectives of lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 4884
Haijun Cao, Jian Chen, Xiaohui Fu, Zongcheng Ling Journal of Raman Spectroscopy First published: 01 September 2019 LINK “We conducted comprehensive Raman and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic studies on the whole rock and lithic…
The age of Wolfe Creek meteorite crater (Kandimalal), Western Australia
Timothy T. Barrows, John Magee, Gifford Miller, L. Keith Fifield Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 1 September 2019 LINK “Wolfe Creek crater lies in northwestern Australia at the edge of the Great Sandy Desert….
Silica minerals in cumulate eucrites: Insights into their thermal histories
Haruka Ono, Atsushi Takenouchi, Takashi Mikouchi, Akira Yamaguchi Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 1 September 2019 LINK “Some eucrites contain up to 10 vol% silica minerals; however, silica minerals have not been studied in…
Heat capacities of ordinary chondrite falls below 300 K
Robert J. Macke, Cyril Opeil, Guy J. Consolmagno Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 1 September 2019 LINK “Low‐temperature specific heat capacities of meteorites provide valuable data for understanding the composition and evolution of meteorites…