A search for H-chondritic chromite grains in sediments that formed immediately after the breakup of the L-chondrite parent body 470 Ma ago
Philipp R. Heck, Birger Schmitz, Surya S. Rout, Travis Tenner, Krysten Villalon, Anders Cronholm, Fredrik Terfelt, Noriko T. Kita Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.11.042 In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 23 January 2016 LINK “A…
The chlorine isotope composition of Martian meteorites 2. Implications for the early solar system and the formation of Mars
Sharp, Z., Williams, J., Shearer, C., Agee, C. and McKeegan, K. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12591 Article first published online: 22 JAN 2016 LINK “We determined the chlorine isotope composition of 16 Martian meteorites…
On time variations of the intensity of galactic cosmic rays for the recent billion years from the data on exposure ages of iron meteorites
V. A. Alexeev Solar System Research January 2016, Volume 50, Issue 1, pp 24-32 First online: 22 January 2016 (Original Russian Text © V.A. Alexeev, 2016, published in Astronomicheskii Vestnik, 2016, Vol. 50, No. 1,…
New reflectance spectra of 40 asteroids: A comparison with the previous results and an interpretation
V. V. Busarev Solar System Research January 2016, Volume 50, Issue 1, pp 13-23 First online: 22 January 2016 (Original Russian Text © V.V. Busarev, 2016, published in Astronomicheskii Vestnik, 2016, Vol. 50, No. 1,…
Determination of the height of the “meteoric explosion”
V. V. Shuvalov, O. P. Popova, V. V. Svettsov, I. A. Trubetskaya… Solar System Research January 2016, Volume 50, Issue 1, pp 1-12 First online: 22 January 2016 (Original Russian Text © V.V. Shuvalov, O.P….
Tafassasset has been reclassified as “primitive achondrite”
Writeup from MB 105: Meteoritical Bulletin Database / Writeup from MB 105 “Tafassasset, reclassification Agadez, Niger Find: 2000 Classification: Primitive achondrite History: A comparison of the overall petrography, modal mineralogy, mineral compositions, oxidation state, and…
Spectral variability on primitive asteroids of the Themis and Beagle families: space weathering effects or parent body heterogeneity? (updated: Jan. 21)
S. Fornasier, C. Lantz, D. Perna, H. Campins, M.A. Barucci, D. Nesvorny Icarus Available online 15 January 2016 Last update (21 January 2016): PDF (open access) LINK “Themis is an old and statistically robust asteroid…
Constraints on core formation in Vesta from metal–silicate partitioning of siderophile elements
E.S. Steenstra, J.S. Knibbe, N. Rai, W. van Westrenen Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 14 January 2016 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.01.002 LINK “It is now widely accepted that the asteroid 4–Vesta has an…
The atmospheric impact trajectory of asteroid 2014 AA
D. Farnocchia, S. R. Chesley, P. G. Brown, P. W. Chodas PDF (open access) abstract updated on 10 March: Icarus, in Press, Accepted Manuscript LINK “Near-Earth asteroid 2014 AA entered the Earth’s atmosphere on 2014…
First finding of impact melt in the IIE Netschaëvo meteorite
van Roosbroek, N., Pittarello, L., Greshake, A., Debaille, V. and Claeys, P. Meteoritics & Planetary Science doi: 10.1111/maps.12596 first published online: 12 JAN 2016 LINK “About half of the IIE nonmagmatic iron meteorites contain silicate…
Origin of the p-process radionuclides 92Nb and 146Sm in the early solar system and inferences on the birth of the Sun
Maria Lugaro, Marco Pignatari, Ulrich Ott, Kai Zuber, Claudia Travaglio, György Gyürky, and Zsolt Fülöp PNAS2016 ; published ahead of print January 11, 2016, doi:10.1073/pnas.1519344113 LINK “Significance Radioactive nuclei with half-lives of the order of…
Abundance of 60Fe inferred from nanoSIMS study of QUE 97008 (L3.05) chondrules
Ritesh Kumar Mishra, Kuljeet Kaur Marhas, Sameer Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 436 Available online 11 January 2016 LINK “60Fe–60Ni relative chronometry (t1/2=2.62 Mat1/2=2.62 Ma) studies within silicate phases of two chondrules (Ch1b, Ch5)…
2D condensation model for the inner Solar Nebula: an enstatite-rich environment
Francesco C. Pignatale, Kurt Liffman, Sarah T. Maddison, Geoffrey Brooks Accepted in MNRAS on 2015 December 23. Received 2015 December 16; in original form 2015 May 04 Published online on 7 Jan 2016 PDF (open…
High crustal diversity preserved in the lunar meteorite Mount DeWitt 12007 (Victoria Land, Antarctica)
Collareta, A., D’Orazio, M., Gemelli, M., Pack, A. and Folco, L. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12597 Article first published online: 8 JAN 2016 LINK The meteorite Mount DeWitt (DEW) 12007 is a polymict regolith…
Complexities in pyroxene compositions derived from absorption band centers: Examples from Apollo samples, HED meteorites, synthetic pure pyroxenes, and remote sensing data
Moriarty, D. P. and Pieters, C. M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12588 Article first published online: 8 JAN 2016 LINK
Microchondrules in three unequilibrated ordinary chondrites
Bigolski, J. N., Weisberg, M. K., Connolly, H. C. and Ebel, D. S. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12585 Article first published online: 8 JAN 2016 LINK “We report on a suite of microchondrules from…
Space weathering of silicates simulated by successive laser irradiation: In situ reflectance measurements of Fo90, Fo99+, and SiO2.
Loeffler, M. J., Dukes, C. A., Christoffersen, R. and Baragiola, R. A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12581 Article first published online: 8 JAN 2016 LINK
Effect of a synchrotron X-ray microtomography imaging experiment on the amino acid content of a CM chondrite.
Friedrich, J. M., Glavin, D. P., Rivers, M. L. and Dworkin, J. P. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12595 Article first published online: 8 JAN 2016 LINK
MURRILI meteorite (H5/S2-5, 1.68 kg) fallen on Nov 27, 2015 (10:43:44.50 UTC) was found at Kati Thanda (Lake Eyre South), South Australia – Success of Desert Fireball Network
Last update: 15 February, 2021 Chasing Meteors ABC Radio National, Earshot, 5 December 2016 AUDIO (MP3) “I just went out on our little veranda for a smoke and a relax after work and there is…
Core solidification and dynamo evolution in a mantle-stripped planetesimal
A. Scheinberg, L. T. Elkins-Tanton, G. Schubert and D. Bercovici Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets Article first published online: 5 JAN 2016 | DOI: 10.1002/2015JE004843 LINK “The physical processes active during the crystallization of a…
A catalog of video records of the 2013 Chelyabinsk superbolide
Introductory comment: At last Nikita Loskutov’s excellent work in documenting the videos of the fall since 2013 has been acknowledged! I do welcome the publication of this paper and the online database very much! It…
Xenon and iodine reveal multiple distinct exotic xenon components in Efremovka “nanodiamonds”
J.D. Gilmour, G. Holland, A.B. Verchovsky, A.V. Fisenko, S.A. Crowther, G. Turner Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 31 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.12.028 LINK
Diepenveen (CM2-an) is officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin
LINK “Diepenveen 52° 17′ 35″N, 6° 7′ 30″E Overijssel, Netherlands Probable fall: 1873 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CM2, anomalous) History: (M. Langbroek, Naturalis and DMS, N. de Kort, KNVWS): A single 68-g stone in private ownership…
Thermal recalcitrance of the organic D-rich component of ordinary chondrites
L. Remusat, L. Piani, S. Bernard Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 435 Available online 29 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.12.009 LINK “Carbonaceous and ordinary chondrites (CCs and OCs) contain insoluble organic matter (IOM) with large D-excess…
Advances in determining asteroid chemistries and mineralogies
Thomas H. Burbine Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry Review article In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 23 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.chemer.2015.09.003 LINK “Considerable progress has been made in the last few years in determining asteroid chemistries…
Cosmochemical and spectroscopic properties of Northwest Africa 7325—A consortium study
Weber, I., Morlok, A., Bischoff, A., Hiesinger, H., Ward, D., Joy, K. H., Crowther, S. A., Jastrzebski, N. D., Gilmour, J. D., Clay, P. L., Wogelius, R. A., Greenwood, R. C., Franchi, I. A. and…
P-O-rich sulfide phase in CM chondrites: Constraints on its origin on the CM parent body.
Zhang, A.-C., Itoh, S., Yurimoto, H., Hsu, W.-B., Wang, R.-C. and Taylor, L. A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12583 Article first published online: 20 DEC 2015 DOI: 10.1111/maps.12583 LINK “CM chondrites are a group…
Evidence from Tm anomalies for non-CI refractory lithophile element proportions in terrestrial planets and achondrites
J.A. Barrat, N. Dauphas, P. Gillet, C. Bollinger, J. Etoubleau, A. Bischoff, A. Yamaguchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.12.004 LINK “Thulium is a heavy rare earth…
The ANSMET 2015 / 2016 Field Season has ended – 569 samples collected including a basketball-sized OC, a possible pallasite, and a possible howardite (updated: Jan 24)
Last update: January 24, 2016 On December 18 the search team found the first three meteorites. Additonal twelve meteorites were found on December 20, the second day of hunting. The next day several meteorites were…
Petrology, mineralogy, and oxygen isotope compositions of aluminum-rich chondrules from CV3 chondrites
Wang, Y., Hsu, W., Li, X., Li, Q., Liu, Y. and Tang, G. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12590 Article first published online: 18 DEC 2015 DOI: 10.1111/maps.12590 LINK “Bulk major element composition, petrography, mineralogy,…
Grosvenor Mountains 95 howardite pairing group: Insights into the surface regolith of asteroid 4 Vesta.
Lunning, N. G., Welten, K. C., McSween, H. Y., Caffee, M. W. and Beck, A. W. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12580 Article first published online: 16 DEC 2015 LINK “Regolithic howardites are analogs for…
Lithium isotopes and light lithophile element abundances in shergottites: Evidence for both magmatic degassing and subsolidus diffusion
Udry, A., McSween, H. Y., Hervig, R. L. and Taylor, L. A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12582 Article first published online: 16 DEC 2015 LINK “Degassed magmatic water was potentially the major source of…
Low Temperature Formation of Nitrogen-substituted Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PANHs)- Barrierless Routes to Dihydro(iso)quinolines
Dorian S. N. Parker, Tao Yang, Beni B. Dangi, Ralf. I. Kaiser, Partha P. Bera, and Timothy J. Lee The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 815, Number 2 Published 2015 December 16 LINK “Meteorites contain bio-relevant molecules…
Fossilized condensation lines in the Solar System protoplanetary disk
A. Morbidelli, B. Bitsch, A. Crida, M. Gounelle, T. Guillot, S. Jacobson, A. Johansen, M. Lambrechts, E. Lega Icarus Available online 12 December 2015 LINK (open access) “The terrestrial planets and the asteroids dominant in…
Geochemistry, thermal evolution, and cryovolcanism on Ceres with a muddy ice mantle
Marc Neveu, Steven J. Desch Geophysical Research Letters 10.1002/2015GL066375 published: 12 December 2015 LINK “We present a model of the internal evolution of Ceres consistent with pre-Dawn observations and preliminary data returned by Dawn. We…
Mineralogy and petrology of lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 2977 consisting of olivine cumulate gabbro including inverted pigeonite
Hiroshi Nagaoka, Yuzuru Karouji, Hiroshi Takeda, Timothy Fagan, Mitsuru Ebihara, Nobuyuki Hasebe Earth Earth, Planets and Space 2015, 67:200 (12 December 2015) doi:10.1186/s40623-015-0368-y LINK (open access) “nar meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 2977 is identified as…
Accretion Timescale and Impact History of Mars Deduced from the Isotopic Systematics of Martian Meteorites
Lars E. Borg, Gregory A. Brennecka, Steven J.K. Symes Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 12 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.12.002 LINK Update (24 June 2016): Evolution of the Solar System Inferred from…
Mass dependent fractionation of stable chromium isotopes in mare basalts: implications for the formation and the differentiation of the Moon
Pierre Bonnand, Ian J. Parkinson, Mahesh Anand Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 12 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.11.041 LINK (open access)
Survival of the impactor during hypervelocity collisions I: An analogue for low porosity targets
C. Avdellidou, M.C. Price, M. Delbo, P. Ioannidis, M.J. Cole PDF (full text) abstract “Recent observations of asteroidal surfaces indicate the presence of materials that do not match the bulk lithology of the body. A…
Redistribution of alkaline elements in association with aqueous activity in the early solar system
Hiroshi Hidaka, Takuya Higuchi, and Shigekazu Yoneda The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 815, Number 1 Published 2015 December 10 LINK “It is known that the Sayama meteorite (CM2) shows an extensive signature for aqueous alteration on…
Three-dimensional spectral analysis of compositional heterogeneity at Arruntia crater on (4) Vesta using Dawn FC
Guneshwar Thangjam, Andreas Nathues, Kurt Mengel, Michael Schäfer, Martin Hoffmann, Edward A. Cloutis, Paul Mann, Christian Müller, Thomas Platz, Tanja Schäfer manuscript accepted for publication (Icarus/YICAR11819) PDF (full text) abstract
Noble gases in oxidized residue prepared from the Saratov L4 chondrite and Raman spectroscopic study of residues to characterize phase Q
Matsuda, J.-i., Morishita, K., Nara, M. and Amari, S. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12587 LINK “We analyzed noble gases in an oxidized residue prepared from a HF-HCl residue of the Saratov L4 chondrite. The…
Characterising the CI and CI-like carbonaceous chondrites using thermogravimetric analysis and infrared spectroscopy
Ashley King, Jake Solomon, Paul Schofield, Sara Russell Earth, Planets and Space 2015, 67:198 (9 December 2015) doi:10.1186/s40623-015-0370-4 LINK (open access) “The CI and CI-like chondrites provide a record of aqueous alteration in the early…
Sublimation in bright spots on (1) Ceres
A. Nathues, M. Hoffmann, M. Schaefer, L. Le Corre, V. Reddy + et al. Nature 528, 237–240 (09 December 2015) | doi:10.1038/nature15754 LINK “The dwarf planet (1) Ceres, the largest object in the main asteroid…
Ammoniated phyllosilicates with a likely outer Solar System origin on (1) Ceres
M. C. De Sanctis, E. Ammannito, A. Raponi, S. Marchi, T. B. McCord + et al. Nature 528, 241–244 (09 December 2015) | doi:10.1038/nature16172 LINK “Studies of the dwarf planet (1) Ceres using ground-based and…
The building blocks of Earth and Mars: A close genetic link
Caroline Fitoussi, Bernard Bourdon, Xueying Wang Earth and Planetary Science Letters Available online 8 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.11.036 LINK “The Earth formed in a swarm of Moon- to Mars-sized objects that collided together to build our…
A New Mechanism for Chondrule Formation: Radiative Heating by Hot Planetesimals
William Herbst, James P. Greenwood Accepted Nov. 16, 2015 for publication as a Research Note in Icarus PDF (full text) abstract updated on December 10: LINK “We propose that chondrules are formed by radiative heating…
Accretion timescales and style of asteroidal differentiation in an 26Al-poor protoplanetary disk
K.K. Larsen, M. Schiller, M. Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.10.036 LINK “The decay of radioactive 26Al to 26Mg (half-life of 730,000 years) is postulated to…
Annealing of radiation damage in zircons from Apollo 14 impact breccia 14311: Implications for the thermal history of the breccia.
Pidgeon, R. T., Merle, R. E., Grange, M. L., Nemchin, A. A. and Whitehouse, M. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12572 LINK
Petrology and provenance of a very-low-titanium picrite clast in lunar highland regolith breccia 15295
Sonzogni, Y., Kramer, G. Y. and Treiman, A. H. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12579 LINK
An occurrence of tuite, γ-Ca3(PO4)2, partly transformed from Ca-phosphates in the Suizhou meteorite
Xie, X., Gu, X. and Chen, M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12577 LINK “Tuite is a high-pressure γ-form of Ca3(PO4)2. An occurrence of tuite partly transformed from merrillite and chlorapatite was observed in the…
Ancient stardust in fine-grained chondrule dust rims from carbonaceous chondrites
Jan Leitner, Christian Vollmer, Christine Floss, Jutta Zipfel, Peter Hoppe Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 3 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.11.028 LINK “Carbonaceous chondrites are fragments from primitive parent asteroids, which…
Magnesium isotopic composition of achondrites
Fatemeh Sedaghatpour, Fang-Zhen Teng Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 2 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.11.016 LINK “Magnesium isotopic compositions of 22 well-characterized differentiated meteorites including 7 types of achondrites and pallasite meteorites…
A Pb isotopic resolution to the Martian meteorite age paradox
J.J. Bellucci, A.A. Nemchin, M.J. Whitehouse, J.F. Snape, R.B. Kielman, P.A. Bland, G.K. Benedix Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 1 December 2015 LINK “Determining the chronology and quantifying various…
Santa Lucia (2008) (L6) Chondrite, a Recent Fall: Composition, Noble Gases, Nitrogen and Cosmic Ray Exposure Age
Ramakant R. Mahajan, Maria Eugenia Varela, Jean Louis Joron Earth, Moon, and Planets April 2016, Volume 117, Issue 2, pp 65-76 First online: 27 November 2015 LINK “The Santa Lucia (2008)—one the most recent Argentine…
The UV signature of carbon in the solar system.
Hendrix, A. R., Vilas, F. and Li, J.-Y. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12575 LINK “Carbon compounds are ubiquitous in the solar system but are challenging to study using remote sensing due to the mostly…
Episodic carbonate precipitation in the CM chondrite ALH 84049: An ion microprobe analysis of O and C isotopes
Mark Tyra, Adrian Brearley, Yunbin Guan Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 27 November 2015 LINK “We have determined the O and C isotope compositions of dolomite grains and the C…
Simulating the formation of carbon-rich molecules on an idealized graphitic surface
David W. Marshall and H. R. Sadeghpour MNRAS (January 21, 2016) 455 (3): 2889-2900. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stv2524 First published online November 25, 2015 LINK “There is accumulating evidence for the presence of complex molecules, including carbon-bearing…
Spectral characterization of V-type asteroids – II. A statistical analysis
S. Ieva, E. Dotto, D. Lazzaro, D. Perna, D. Fulvio4 and M. Fulchignoni MNRAS (January 21, 2016) 455 (3): 2871-2888. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stv2510 First published online November 25, 2015 LINK “In recent years, several small basaltic…
The early thermal evolution of Mars
Bhatia, G. K. and Sahijpal, S. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12573 LINK “Hf-W isotopic systematics of Martian meteorites have provided evidence for the early accretion and rapid core formation of Mars. We present the…
Orbital and Physical Characteristics of Meter-scale Impactors from Airburst Observations
P. Brown, P. Wiegert, D. Clark, E. Tagliaferri Accepted to Icarus – Nov 23, 2015 PDF (full text) LINK “We have analysed the orbits and ablation characteristics in the atmosphere of 59 earth-impacting fireballs, produced…
Did the Solar System form in a sequential triggered star formation event?
Richard J. Parker, James E. Dale accepted for publication in MNRAS PDF (full text) abstract “The presence and abundance of the short-lived radioisotopes (SLRs) $^{26}$Al and $^{60}$Fe during the formation of the Solar System is…
The path of reduced nitrogen toward early earth: the cosmic trail and its solar shortcuts
Sandra Pizzarello and Maitrayee Bose The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 814, Number 2 LINK “Large isotopic anomalies are found in meteoritic insoluble organic materials (IOMs) and, for nitrogen, show 15N-excesses up to ${\delta }^{15}$N ~ 5000‰….
I-Xe ages of enstatite chondrites
Jens Hopp, Mario Trieloff, Ulrich Ott Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 23 November 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.11.014 LINK “In order to elucidate the early thermal history of enstatite chondrite parent bodies we…
The Pb isotopic evolution of the Martian mantle constrained by initial Pb in Martian meteorites
Bellucci, J. J., Nemchin, A. A., Whitehouse, M. J., Snape, J. F., Bland, P., Benedix, G.K. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets Accepted manuscript online: 21 November 2015 DOI: 10.1002/2015JE004809 LINK “The Pb isotopic compositions of…
The accretion and differentiation of Earth under oxidizing conditions
R. Bastian Georg and Anat Shahar American Mineralogist doi: 10.2138/am-2015-5153 Volume 100 no. 11-12 p. 2739-2748 LINK “We present a new approach to model planetary accretion and continuous core formation, and discuss the implications if…
Chemical composition and crystal structure of merrillite from the Suizhou meteorite
Xiande Xie, Hexiong Yang, Xiangping Gu and Robert T. Downs American Mineralogist doi: 10.2138/am-2015-5488 Volume 100 no. 11-12 p. 2753-2756 LINK
Quasicrystals at extreme conditions: The role of pressure in stabilizing icosahedral Al63Cu24Fe13 at high temperature
Vincenzo Stagno, Luca Bindi, Changyong Park, Sergey Tkachev, Vitali B. Prakapenka, H.-K. Mao, Russell J. Hemley, Paul J. Steinhardt and Yingwei Fei American Mineralogist doi: 10.2138/am-2015-5412 Volume 100 no. 11-12 p. 2412-2418 LINK “Icosahedrite, the…
Petrology on Mars
Harry Y. McSween Jr. American Mineralogist doi: 10.2138/am-2015-5257 Volume 100 no. 11-12 p. 2380-2395 INVITED CENTENNIAL ARTICLE / REVIEW PDF (full text) abstract “Petrologic investigations of martian rocks have been accomplished by mineralogical, geochemical, and…
Nickeliferous pyrite tracks pervasive hydrothermal alteration in Martian regolith breccia: A study in NWA 7533
Lorand, J.-P., Hewins, R. H., Remusat, L., Zanda, B., Pont, S., Leroux, H., Marinova, M., Jacob, D., Humayun, M., Nemchin, A., Grange, M., Kennedy, A. and Göpel, C. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12565 LINK…
Accreting protoplanets in the LkCa 15 transition disk
S. Sallum, K. B. Follette, J. A. Eisner, L. M. Close, P. Hinz + et al. Nature 527, 342–344 (18 November 2015) | doi:10.1038/nature15761 LINK “Exoplanet detections have revolutionized astronomy, offering new insights into solar…
2P/Encke, the Taurid complex NEOs and the Maribo and Sutter’s Mill meteorites
C. Tubiana, C. Snodgrass, R. Michelsen, H. Haack, H. Boehnhardt, A. Fitzsimmons, I. P. Williams in press in A&A PDF (full text) abstract “The Taurid meteoroid stream has long been linked with 2P/Encke owing to…
The origin of the neon isotopes in chondrites and on Earth
Manuel Moreira, Sébastien Charnoz Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 16 November 2015 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.11.002 LINK “We discuss the origin of the neon isotopic signatures in chondrites and in the terrestrial…
Dynamic radio spectra from two fireballs
K. S. Obenberger, G. B. Taylor, C. S. Lin, J. Dowell, F. K. Schinzel and K. Stovall Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 120, 9916–9928 Version of Record online: 14 NOV 2015 DOI: 10.1002/2015JA021229 LINK…
Uranium isotopic composition and absolute ages of Allende chondrules
Brennecka, G. A., Budde, G. and Kleine, T. (2015), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12567 LINK “A handful of events, such as the condensation of refractory inclusions and the formation of chondrules, represent important stages…
Shock effects in the Willamette ungrouped iron meteorite
Rubin, A. E., Breen, J. P., Wasson, J. T. and Pitt, D. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12569 LINK
Petrography and geochemistry of the enriched basaltic shergottite Northwest Africa 2975
He, Q., Xiao, L., Balta, J. B., Baziotis, I. P., Hsu, W. and Guan, Y. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12571 LINK “We present a study of the petrology and geochemistry of basaltic shergottite Northwest…
Evidence for primordial water in Earth’s deep mantle
Lydia J. Hallis, Gary R. Huss, Kazuhide Nagashima, G. Jeffrey Taylor, Sæmundur A. Halldórsson, David R. Hilton, Michael J. Mottl, Karen J. Meech Science 13 November 2015: Vol. 350 no. 6262 pp. 795-797 DOI: 10.1126/science.aac4834…
Phosphate ages in Apollo 14 breccias: Resolving multiple impact events with high precision U–Pb SIMS analyses
J.F. Snape, A.A. Nemchin, M.L. Grange, J.J. Bellucci, F. Thiessen, M.J. Whitehouse Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 174, 1 February 2016, Pages 13–29 LINK “The U–Pb systems of apatite and merrillite grains within four separate…
Chondrule Formation via Impact Jetting Triggered by Planetary Accretion
Yasuhiro Hasegawa, Shigeru Wakita, Yuji Matsumoto, Shoichi Oshino accepted for publication in ApJ PDF (full text) abstract Update (Dec 21): LINK “Chondrules are one of the most primitive elements that can serve as a fundamental…
Lunar volatile depletion due to incomplete accretion within an impact-generated disk
Robin M. Canup, Channon Visscher, Julien Salmon & Bruce Fegley Jr Nature Geoscience(2015) doi:10.1038/ngeo2574 Published online 09 November 2015 LINK
Laboratory Analyses of Meteoric Debris in the Upper stratosphere from Settling Bolide Dust Clouds
F.J.M. Rietmeijer, V. Della Corte, M. Ferrari, A. Rotundi, R. Brunetto Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 7 November 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.11.003 LINK “Bolide and fireball fragmentation produce vast amounts of dust that will slowly…
Effects of viewing geometry, aggregation state, and particle size on reflectance spectra of the Murchison CM2 chondrite deconvolved to Dawn FC band passes
Matthew R.M. Izawa, Tanja Schäfer, Valerie B. Pietrasz, Edward A. Cloutis, Paul Mann, Andreas Nathues, Kurt Mengel, Michael Schäfer, Guneshwar Thangjam, Martin Hoffmann, Kimberly T. Tait, Daniel M. Applin Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available…
Microstructural evidence for a disequilibrium condensation origin for hibonite-spinel inclusions in the ALHA77307 CO3.0 chondrite
Han, J., Brearley, A. J. and Keller, L. P. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12563 LINK “Two hibonite-spinel inclusions (CAIs 03 and 08) in the ALHA77307 CO3.0 chondrite have been characterized in detail using the…
40Ar/39Ar age of material returned from asteroid 25143 Itokawa
Park, J., Turrin, B. D., Herzog, G. F., Lindsay, F. N., Delaney, J. S., Swisher, C. C., Uesugi, M., Karouji, Y., Yada, T., Abe, M., Okada, T. and Ishibashi, Y. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi:…
Glass-bearing inclusions in Shergotty and Chassigny: Consistent samples of a primary trapped melt?
Varela, M. E. and Zinner, E. (2015), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12566 LINK “Glass-bearing inclusions hosted by different mineral phases in SNC meteorites provide important information on the conditions that prevailed during formation of…
The survivability of phyllosilicates and carbonates impacting Stardust Al foils: Facilitating the search for cometary water.
Wozniakiewicz, P. J., Ishii, H. A., Kearsley, A. T., Bradley, J. P., Price, Mark. C., Burchell, M. J., Teslich, N. and Cole, M. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12568 LINK
Polymer amide in the Allende and Murchison meteorites
McGeoch, J. E. M. and McGeoch, M. W. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12558 LINK “It has been proposed that exothermic gas phase polymerization of amino acids can occur in the conditions of a warm…
The Kunashak meteorite: New data on mineralogy
Yu. V. Erokhin , V. A. Koroteev, V. V. Khiller, E. V. Burlakov, K. S. Ivanov, D. A. Kleimenov Doklady Earth Sciences October 2015, Volume 464, Issue 2, pp 1058-1061 originally published in Doklady Akademii…
The conditions of chondrule formation, Part II: Open system
Pia Friend, Dominik C. Hezel, Daniel Mucerschi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 3 November 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.10.026 LINK Refers to: Dominik C. Hezel, Herbert Palme The conditions of chondrule formation, Part…
On the frequency of the superfireballs: more than 150 years of reports
Sandra Zamora, Fancisco Ocaña, Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel, Maruška Mole Proceedings of the IMC, Mistelbach, 2015 PDF (full text) abstract “Superfireballs are rare phenomena for which the reports are scarce and the estimation of their…
Are some meteoroids rubble piles?
Jiří Borovička Paper presented at the IAU Symposium 318 Asteroids: New Observations, New Models (Honolulu, USA, August 3-7, 2015). Accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union arXiv:1510.07869 PDF (full text) abstract…
Oxygen isotope and petrological study of silicate inclusions in IIE iron meteorites and their relationship with H chondrites
Kathryn H. McDermott, Richard C. Greenwood, Edward R.D. Scott, Ian A. Franchi, Mahesh Anand Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 October 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.10.014 LINK “The origin of silicate-bearing irons, especially…
Nebular dead zone effects on the D/H ratio in chondrites and comets
M. Ali-Dib, R. G. Martin, J.-M. Petit, O. Mousis, P. Vernazza and J. I. Lunine A&A, Volume 583, November 2015 LINK “Context. Comets and chondrites show non-monotonic behavior of their deuterium-to-hydrogen (D/H) ratio as a…
Spectral Parameters for Dawn FC Color Data: Carbonaceous Chondrites and Aqueous Alteration Products as Potential Cerean Analog Materials
Tanja Schäfer, Andreas Nathues, Kurt Mengel, Matthew R.M. Izawa, Edward A. Cloutis, Michael Schäfer, Martin Hoffmann Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 23 October 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.10.005
Vestoids, Part II: The basaltic nature and HED meteorite analogs for eight Vp-type asteroids and their associations with (4) Vesta
Paul S. Hardersen, Vishnu Reddy, Rachel Roberts arXiv:1510.06636 (Submitted on 22 Oct 2015) PDF (full text) abstract “Improving constraints on the abundance of basaltic asteroids in the main asteroid belt is necessary for better understanding…
A comprehensive study of noble gases and nitrogen in Hypatia, a diamond-rich pebble from SW Egypt
Guillaume Avice, Matthias M. M. Meier, Bernard Marty, Rainer Wieler, Jan D. Kramers, Falko Langenhorst, Pierre Cartigny, Colin Maden, Laurent Zimmermann, Marco A. G. Andreoli Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2015) pp. 243-253 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.10.013 arXiv:1510.06594…
Mn-Cr relative sensitivity factor in ferromagnesian olivines defined for SIMS measurements with a Cameca ims-1280 ion microprobe: Implications for dating secondary fayalite
Patricia M. Doyle, Kaori Jogo, Kazuhide Nagashima, Gary R. Huss, Alexander N. Krot Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 October 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.10.010 LINK “The short-lived radionuclide 53Mn, which decays to…
Simulating the Formation of Carbon-rich Molecules on an idealised Graphitic Surface
David W. Marshall, H. R. Sadeghpour the manuscript has been submitted to MNRAS for publication PDF (full text) abstract “There is accumulating evidence for the presence of complex molecules, including carbon-bearing and organic molecules, in…
The origin of amino acids in lunar regolith samples
Jamie E. Elsila, Michael P. Callahan, Jason P. Dworkin, Daniel P. Glavin, Hannah L. McLain, Sarah K. Noble, Everett K. Gibson Jr. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 20 October 2015…
Mid-Infrared spectroscopy of impactites from the Nördlinger Ries impact crater
Andreas Morlok, Aleksandra Stojic, Isabelle Dittmar, Harald Hiesinger, Manuel Ahmedi, Martin Sohn, Iris Weber, Joern Helbert Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 20 October 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.10.003 LINK
The growth of planets by pebble accretion in evolving protoplanetary discs
Bertram Bitsch, Michiel Lambrechts and Anders Johansen A&A Volume 582, October 2015, A112 Published online: 20 October 2015 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526463 LINK
High-precision sulfur isotope composition of enstatite meteorites and implications of the formation and evolution of their parent bodies
C. Defouilloy, P. Cartigny, N. Assayag, F. Moynier, J.-A. Barrat Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 October 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.10.009 LINK “In order to better understand the formation and evolution of…
Formation timescales of CV chondrites from component specific Hf–W systematics
Maike Becker, Dominik C. Hezel, Toni Schulz, Bo-Magnus Elfers, Carsten Münker Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 19 October 2015 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.09.049 LINK “Carbonaceous chondrites are an important meteorite group that…
Ciechanów fireball: the body possibly related to near earth asteroids 2010 TB54 and 2010 SX11
A. Olech, P. Żołądek, M. Wiśniewski, R. Rudawska, J. Laskowski, K. Polakowski, M. Maciejewski, T. Krzyżanowski, T. Fajfer, and Z. Tymiński MNRAS(December 11, 2015) Vol. 454 2965-2971 doi:10.1093/mnras/stv1993 First published online October 17, 2015 LINK…
A terrestrial perspective on using ex situ shocked zircons to date lunar impacts
Aaron J. Cavosie, Timmons M. Erickson, Nicholas E. Timms, Steven M. Reddy, Cristina Talavera, Stephanie D. Montalvo, Maya R. Pincus, Ryan J. Gibbon, and Desmond Moser Geology, First published on October 1, 2015, doi:10.1130/G37059.1 LINK
The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons
S. A. Stern, F. Bagenal, K. Ennico, G. R. Gladstone, W. M. Grundy, W. B. McKinnon, J. M. Moore, C. B. Olkin, J. R. Spencer, H. A. Weaver, L. A. Young, T. Andert, J. Andrews,…
147Sm-143Nd and 176Lu-176Hf systematics of eucrite and angrite meteorites.
Bouvier, A., Blichert-Toft, J., Boyet, M. and Albarède, F. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12553 LINK “Comparative planetary geochemistry provides insight into the origin and evolutionary paths of planetary bodies in the inner solar system….
The 1925 meteorite fall near Ellemeet and Serooskerke, the Netherlands.
de Vet, S. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12554 LINK “Two meteorites impacted in 1925 around the town of Serooskerke on the isle of Schouwen, the Netherlands. The largest mass is widely known as…
An experimental study of partial melting and fractional crystallization on the HED parent body.
Ashcroft, H. O. and Wood, B. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12556 LINK (full text) “ABSTRACT: We have performed an experimental and modeling study of the partial melting behavior of the HED parent body…
Possible meteorite fall near Aremark, Østfold, Norway on August 13, 2015?
Steinar Midtskogen of the Norsk Meteornettverk reports about a possible meteorite fall near Aremark, Østfold, Norway on August 13, 2015. Frequent search expeditions have so far not resulted in any finds. LINK VIDEO
High-sensitivity HPGe gamma-spectrometry analysis of radionuclides in Martian meteorites
Pavel P. Povinec , Ivan Sýkora, Andrej Kováčik, Christian Koeberl Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry pp 1-5 LINK
Cathodoluminescence as a tool to discriminate impact melt, shocked and unshocked volcanics: A case study of samples from the El’gygytgyn impact structure
Pittarello, L., Roszjar, J., Mader, D., Debaille, V., Claeys, P. and Koeberl, C. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12559Article first published online: 15 OCT 2015 LINK “El’gygytgyn (Chukotka, Arctic Russia) is a well-preserved impact structure,…
Saqqar: A 34 km diameter impact structure in Saudi Arabia.
Kenkmann, T., Afifi, A. M., Stewart, S. A., Poelchau, M. H., Cook, D. J. and Neville, A. S. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12555 Article first published online: 15 OCT 2015 LINK “Here we present…
Predictions for impactor contamination on Ceres based on hypervelocity impact experiments
R. Terik Daly and Peter H. Schultz Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, doi:10.1002/2015GL065601 Article first published online: 13 OCT 2015 LINK “New experiments predict that Ceres should be extensively contaminated with meteoritic debris derived from the…
The deuterium/hydrogen distribution in chondritic organic matter attests to early ionizing irradiation
Boris Laurent, Mathieu Roskosz, Laurent Remusat, François Robert, Hugues Leroux, Hervé Vezin, Christophe Depecker, Nicolas Nuns, Jean-Marc Lefebvre Nature Communications 6, Article number: 8567 doi:10.1038/ncomms9567 LINK (full text) “Primitive carbonaceous chondrites contain a large array…
Estimating the modal mineralogy of eucrite and diogenite meteorites using visible–near infrared reflectance spectroscopy.
Li, S. and Milliken, R. E. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12513 LINK “Reliable quantitative mapping of minerals exposed on Vesta’s surface is crucial for understanding the crustal composition, petrologic evolution, and surface modification of…
Calibration of cosmogenic noble gas production based on 36Cl-36Ar ages. Part 2. The 81Kr-Kr dating technique.
Leya, I., Dalcher, N., Vogel, N., Wieler, R., Caffee, M. W., Welten, K. C. and Nishiizumi, K. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12515 LINK “We calibrated the 81Kr-Kr dating system for ordinary chondrites of different…
Small melt inclusions can record bulk magma compositions: A planetary example from the Martian basalt (shergottite) Tissint.
Sonzogni, Y. and Treiman, A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12516 LINK “Melt inclusions in igneous minerals can provide constraints on magma compositions, especially for planetary samples where mass is severely limited. Small inclusions (
A large shock vein in L chondrite Roosevelt County 106: Evidence for a long-duration shock pulse on the L chondrite parent body
Sharp, T. G., Xie, Z., de CARLI, P. S. and Hu, J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12557 LINK “A large shock-induced melt vein in L6 ordinary chondrite Roosevelt County 106 contains abundant high-pressure minerals,…
Meteorite fall in San Carlos, Maldonado, Uruguay on 19th September 2015 – (updated Oct 22, 11:10 UTC)
A page with updated and additional information about this fall has been established on this SAN CARLOS (prov.) page(Last update: 14 April 2017) Last update: October 22, 2015, 11:10 UTC Interview with Gonzalo Tancredi970 Universal…
Detailed information about SARIÇİÇEK Howardite meteorite fall (Bingöl,Turkey) released (updated Feb. 23)
Last updated: February 23, 2016 The meteorites have been officially registered as SARIÇİÇEK in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database on February 22, 2016. Writeup of MB 105 The Turkish Meteorite Network has released detailed information about…
Ca. 2.7 Ga ferropicritic magmatism: a record of Fe-rich heterogeneities during Neoarchean global mantle melting
Dejan Milidragovic, Don Francis Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 9 October 2015 LINK ” … Melting experiments on “pyrolitic” compositions and consideration of the dependence of the density of silicate…
187Re-187Os Systematics, Highly Siderophile Element, S-Se-Te Abundances in the Components of Unequilibrated L Chondrites
Yogita Kadlag, Harry Becker Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.09.026 In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 9 October 2015 LINK “The 187Re-187Os systematics, abundances of highly siderophile elements (HSE: Re, platinum group elements and Au), Te,…
Growing the terrestrial planets from the gradual accumulation of sub-meter sized objects
Harold F. Levison, Katherine A. Kretke, Kevin Walsh, William Bottke Accepted for PNAS arXiv:1510.02095 PDF (full text) abstract “Building the terrestrial planets has been a challenge for planet formation models. In particular, classical theories have…
Fragment shapes in impact experiments ranging from cratering to catastrophic disruption
T. Michikami, A. Hagermann, T. Kadokawa, A. Yoshida, A. Shimada, S. Hasegawa, A. Tsuchiyama Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 October 2015 LINK (full text)
NWA 8171 thin section as Gigapan
Very likely NWA 7034 pairing NWA 8171 thin section in Gigapan image (best viewed in full screen) Source: gigapan
Differentiation signatures in the Flora region
Dagmara Oszkiewicz, Paweł Kankiewicz, Ireneusz Włodarczyk, Agnieszka Kryszczyńska accepted to AA (28 09 2015) PDF (full text) abstract “Most asteroid families are very homogeneous in physical properties. Some show greater diversity, however. The Flora family…
Magnetism of a Very Young Lunar Glass
Jennifer Buz, Benjamin P. Weiss, Sonia M. Tikoo, David L. Shuster, Jérôme Gattacceca and Timothy L. Grove Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 10.1002/2015JE004878 LINK “Recent paleomagnetic studies of Apollo samples have established that a core…
Rounded Boulders on Itokawa as Clues to Geological Processes in the Early Solar System
J. Marshall, B. Rizk Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 3 October 2015 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2015.09.015 LINK “Large rounded boulders on Itokawa are a surprising find and may be evidence of forceful inter-boulder…
State shift in Deccan volcanism at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, possibly induced by impact
Paul R. Renne, Courtney J. Sprain, Mark A. Richards, Stephen Self, Loÿc Vanderkluysen, Kanchan Pande Science 2 October 2015: Vol. 350 no. 6256 pp. 76-78 DOI: 10.1126/science.aac7549 LINK Materials/Methods, Supplementary Text, Tables, Figures, and/or References…
The Stac Fada impact ejecta deposit and the Lairg Gravity Low: evidence for a buried Precambrian impact crater in Scotland?
Michael J. Simms Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association Volume 126, Issue 6, December 2015, Pages 742–761 Available online 2 October 2015 LINK “The Stac Fada Member, an impact ejecta deposit within the Mesoproterozoic Stoer Group,…
Volatile snowlines in embedded disks around low-mass protostars
D. Harsono, S. Bruderer and E. F. van Dishoeck A&A, Volume 582, October 2015 Published online: 02 October 2015 LINK
Interstellar Detection of Methyl Isocyanate CH3NCO in Sgr B2(N): A Link from Molecular Clouds to Comets
D. T. Halfen et al The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2015 ApJ 812 L5 LINK “A new interstellar molecule, CH 3NCO (methyl isocyanate), has been detected using the 12 m telescope of the Arizona Radio Observatory…
The Lu Isotopic Composition of Achondrites: Closing the Case for Accelerated Decay of 176Lu
Josh Wimpenny et al. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2015 ApJ812 L3 LINK “Studies of Lu–Hf isotope systematics in meteorites have produced apparent “ages” that are older than Pb–Pb ages and older than the estimated age…
Indigenous nitrogen in the Moon: Constraints from coupled nitrogen–noble gas analyses of mare basalts
Evelyn Füri, Peter H. Barry, Lawrence A. Taylor, Bernard Marty Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 431, 1 December 2015, Pages 195–205 LINK
Decagonite, Al71Ni24Fe5, a quasicrystal with decagonal symmetry from the Khatyrka CV3 carbonaceous chondrite
Luca Bindi, Nan Yao, Chaney Lin, Lincoln S. Hollister, Christopher L. Andronicos, Vadim V. Distler, Michael P. Eddy, Alexander Kostin, Valery Kryachko, Glenn J. MacPherson, William M. Steinhardt, Marina Yudovskaya and Paul J. Steinhardt American…
Normal to inverse transition in martian spinel: Understanding the interplay between chromium, vanadium, and iron valence state partitioning through a crystal-chemical lens
James J. Papike, Paul V. Burger, Aaron S. Bell, Charles K. Shearer, Loan Le and John Jones American Mineralogist doi: 10.2138/am-2015-5208 v. 100 no. 10 p. 2018-2025 LINK
Phosphoran olivine overgrowths: Implications for multiple impacts to the Main Group pallasite parent body
Neva A. Fowler-Gerace, and Kimberly T. Tait American Mineralogist doi: 10.2138/am-2015-5344 v. 100 no. 10 p. 2043-2052 LINK “Phosphoran olivine (1–7 wt% P2O5) is a metastable phase known from fewer than a dozen meteoritic or…
Meteoritical Bulletin updates
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- Northwest Africa 18326 (LL7)
- Northwest Africa 18325 (Acapulcoite)
- Northwest Africa 17920 (CK6)
- Northwest Africa 17913 (CK5)
- Northwest Africa 17909 (Diogenite-pm)
- Northwest Africa 2647 (R3)
- Northwest Africa 16485 (Winonaite)
- Northwest Africa 18197 (Diogenite)
- Erfoud 001 (LL3)
- Northwest Africa 18345 (LL7)
- Northwest Africa 18342 (H3-4)
- Northwest Africa 18323 (Diogenite)
- Northwest Africa 18322 (Diogenite)
- Northwest Africa 18321 (Diogenite)
- Northwest Africa 18320 (Diogenite)
- Northwest Africa 18442 (Ureilite)
- Northwest Africa 18441 (Eucrite-melt breccia)
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