Discovery of High-Pressure Polymorphs in the Recent Fall of Viñales (L6 Ordinary Chondrite): Implications for Collisions on its Parent Body

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Baziotis I., Xydous S., Papoutsa A., Hu J., Ma C., Ferrière L., Klemme S., Berndt J., Asimow P. D.

84th Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2021 (abstract # 6115)

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Viñales, a L6 ordinary chondrite, is a February 2019 fall, presents a unique opportunity to recreate the shock metamorphic history of this meteorite based upon the presence of high-pressure polymorphs occurring in melt veins.

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