Origin of fabrics and olivine chemical variations preserved in brachinite and brachinite-like achondrite meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Benjamin H. Gruber, Robert W. Nicklas, James M. D. Day, Emily J. Chin, Minghua Ren, Rachel E. Bernard MAPS, Version of Record online: 12 May 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Brachinites and brachinite-like achondrites…
Al Huwaysah 010: The most reduced brachinite, so farOPEN ACCESS
Cristian Carli, Anna Barbaro, Mara Murri, Maria Chiara Domeneghetti, Antonio Langone, Enrico Bruschini, Alice Stephant, Matteo Alvaro, Stefania Stefani, Tiberio Cuppone, Martina Casalini, Alessandra Migliorini, Ted L. Roush, Giovanni Pratesi MAPS, Version of Record online:…
Highly siderophile element fractionation during chondrite melting inferred from olivine-rich primitive achondrites
Robert W. Nicklas, James M. D. Day, Zoltán Váci, Minghua Ren, Kathryn G. Gardner-Vandy, Kimberly T. Tait Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 1 May 2023 LINK “Metal-silicate segregation is one of the most fundamental mechanisms…
Apatite in brachinites: Insights into thermal history and halogen evolutionOPEN ACCESS
Lang Zhang, Ai-Cheng Zhang, and Shu-Zhou Wang American Mineralogist (in press) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (1 September 2023):American Mineralogist (2023) 108 (9): 1597–1611LINK “Apatite is an important petrogenetic indicator in extraterrestrial materials. Here, we report…
Ruthenium isotopic fractionation in primitive achondrites: Clues to the early stages of planetesimal meltingOPEN ACCESS
Timo Hopp, Thorsten Kleine Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 23 March 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Primitive achondrites derive from the residual mantle of incompletely differentiated planetesimals, from which partial silicate and…
Sulfide‐dominated partial melting pathways in brachinites
Samuel D. Crossley, Richard D. Ash, Jessica M. Sunshine, Catherine M. Corrigan, Timothy J. McCoy, David W. Mittlefehldt, Igor S. Puchtel Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 09 September 2020 LINK “Petrogenetic relationships among…
Formation of primitive achondrites by partial melting of alkali-undepleted planetesimals in the inner solar system
Max Collinet, Timothy L. Grove Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 12 March 2020 LINK “Acapulcoites-lodranites, ureilites, brachinites, brachinite-like achondrites and winonaites are the main groups of primitive achondrites. They are…
Ferrous oxide-rich asteroid achondrites
James M.D. Day, Christopher A. Corder, Nelly Assayag, Pierre Cartigny Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 April 2019 LINK “Ferrous oxide (FeO)-rich asteroid achondrites can be defined as asteroid-derived samples…
Petrological, petrofabric, and oxygen isotopic study of five ungrouped meteorites related to brachinites
Hikari Hasegawa, Takashi Mikouchi, Akira Yamaguchi, Masahiro Yasutake, Richard C. Greenwood, Ian A. Franchi Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 12 February 2019 LINK “Northwest Africa (NWA) 6112, Miller Range (MIL) 090206 (plus its pairs:…
Iron Isotope Compositions of Achondritic Meteorites
Ray S. * Rai V. K. Hines R. Romaniello S. Wadhwa M. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6400] abstract (PDF) “Here, we report the iron isotope compositions of three ungrouped achondrites, North…
Petrological and Petrofabric Study of Roberts Massif 04239 Compared to Tafassasset and Brachinites
Hasegawa H. * Mikouchi T. Yamaguchi A. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6169] abstract (PDF) “The petrology and petrofabrics of Roberts Massif 04239 suggests that it has experienced differentiation processes similar to…
Cosmic-Ray Exposure Ages of Brachinites
Beard S. P. Swindle T. D. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6388] abstract “Argon exposure ages have been measured for NWA 6077, NWA 595, NWA 7297, NWA 1500, NWA 4518, and RaS…
Ar-Ar Ages of Brachinite and Brachinite-Like Achondrites
Beard S. P. Swindle T. D. Isachsen C. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6411 LINK
Mineralogical and Petrofabric Study of Brachinite Reid 013
Hasegawa H. * Mikouchi T. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6246 LINK
53Mn-53Cr Systematics of the Brachinite NWA 4882
Dunlap D. R. * Romaniello S. J. Wadhwa M. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6217 LINK
Tafassasset: Evidence of early incipient differentiation on a metal-rich chondritic parent body
Thomas Breton, Ghylaine Quitté, Michael J. Toplis, Marc Monnereau, Jean-Louis Birck, Christa Göpel, Cyril Charles Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 425, 1 September 2015, Pages 193–203 LINK
Searching for Potassium Host Phases in Preparation for Ar-Ar Analysis of Brachinite and Brachinite-Like Achondrites
S. B. Beard, T. D. Swindle, K. J. Domanik 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2568 PDF LINK
Brachinite meteorites: Partial melt residues from an FeO-rich asteroid
Keil K (in press) Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry Volume 74, Issue 3, October 2014, Pages 311–329 LINK Brachinites are ultramafic, dunitic to wherlitic, unbrecciated and essentially unshocked rocks that are low in SiO2 (∼36–39…
