Nanoscale Mineralogical Characterization of Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Samples by Transmission Electron Microscopy: A Review
Jieqi Xing, Haiyang Xian, Yiping Yang, Qingze Chen, Jiaxin Xi, Shan Li, Hongping He, and Jianxi Zhu* ACS Earth Space Chem. 2023, XXXX, XXX, XXX-XXXPublication Date: January 17, 2023 LINK “Nanoscale minerals (i.e., nanominerals and mineral nanoparticles) in terrestrial and extraterrestrial materials are…
Northwest Africa 8418: The first CV4 chondrite
G. J. MacPherson, K. Nagashima, A. N. Krot, S. M. Kuehner, A. J. Irving, K. Ziegler, L. Mallozzi, C. Corrigan, D. Pitt MAPSFirst Published: 16 January 2023 LINK “Northwest Africa (NWA) 8418 is an unusual chondrite whose properties do not exactly match those…
Five Meteorites found during Antarctic reconnaissance mission to find new meteorite accumulation areas
On 18 January 2023 the Université Libre de Bruxelles announced that five meteorites, including a 7.6-kilogram mass (H chondrite) and the first find, a 150-gram specimen, have been recovered during a reconnaissance mission by an…
Pristinity and petrogenesis of eucrites
Jasmeet K. Dhaliwal, James M. D. Day, Kimberly T. Tait MAPSVersion of Record online:18 January 2023 LINK “New petrography, mineral chemistry, and whole rock major, minor, and trace element abundance data are reported for 29 dominantly unbrecciated…
