Petrography and isotopic studies of refractory inclusions and Al-rich chondrules in Semarkona, ALHA81251, and Chainpur unequilibrated ordinary chondrites

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Ritesh Kumar Mishra, Kuljeet Kaur Marhas, Justin Ibrahim Simon, Yves Marrocchi, Johan Villeneuve MAPS, First published: 28 October 2025 LINK “Ordinary, enstatite, and Rumuruti type have the lowest abundance of refractory inclusions amongst chondritic meteorites….

Thermodynamic Properties of Oxide Compounds Occurring in Ca–Al-Rich Inclusions

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S. I. Shornikov Geochemistry International, Volume 63, pages 810–836, Published: 23 September 2025 LINK “Based on the analysis of experimental evidence on the high-temperature thermodynamic properties of oxide compounds occurring in Ca–Al-rich inclusions of chondrites,…

High field strength elements in chondrites and their refractory componentsOPEN ACCESS 

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C. Münker, M. Pfeifer, V. Krisponeit, F. Wombacher Geochemical Perspectives Letters V36Received 8 January 2025 | Accepted 30 June 2025 | Published 10 September 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “In geochemistry and cosmochemistry, chondrites…

Solar System’s earliest solids as tracers of the accretion region of Ryugu and Ivuna-type carbonaceous chondritesOPEN ACCESS 

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Noriyuki Kawasaki, Sota Arakawa, Yushi Miyamoto, Naoya Sakamoto, Daiki Yamamoto, Sara S. Russell & Hisayoshi Yurimoto Communications Earth & Environment, Volume 6, Article number: 537, Published: 16 July 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Samples…

Refractory solid condensation detected in an embedded protoplanetary disk

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M. K. McClure, Merel van’t Hoff, Logan Francis, Edwin Bergin, Will R. M. Rocha, J. A. Sturm, Daniel Harsono, Ewine F. van Dishoeck, John H. Black, J. A. Noble, D. Qasim & E. Dartois Nature,…

Oxygen isotopic heterogeneities in refractory inclusions in the ungrouped carbonaceous chondrite Acfer 094

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Timothy J. Fagan, Sachio Kobayashi, Alexander N. Krot, Hisayoshi Yurimoto MAPS, Version of Record online: 24 June 2025 LINK “Oxygen isotopic compositions of minerals in three Ca-Al-rich inclusions (CAIs), one amoeboid olivine aggregate (AOA) and…

Oxygen-isotope variations in refractory inclusions from Rumuruti-type chondrites: Evidence for nebular gas heterogeneity and parent-body exchangeOPEN ACCESS 

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Samuel Ebert, Kazuhide Nagashima, Alexander N. Krot, Addi Bischoff Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 24 May 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Refractory inclusions [Ca,Al-rich inclusions (CAIs) and amoeboid olivine aggregates…

Volume measurement of microparticles using SEM photogrammetry and 3-D reconstructionOPEN ACCESS 

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Y. Zheng, X. Yang, M. Valdes, A. M. Davis, P. R. Heck MAPS, Version of Record online: 08 April 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “In this paper, we introduce a method for volume measurement…

Mid-infrared detection and characterization of refractory inclusions in CM and CO chondrites: A non-destructive approach for returned space samples

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Jean Charlier, Alice Aléon-Toppani, Rosario Brunetto, Jérôme Aléon, Ferenc Borondics MAPS, Version of Record online: 04 February 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Refractory inclusions (RIs) in chondrites are widely used as tracers of early…

Equilibrium condensation of a solar composition gas, revisited: The anorthite effect

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Glenn J. MacPherson, Michail I. Petaev Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 31 December 2024 LINK “New full equilibrium condensation calculations for a hot gas of solar composition show that anorthite condenses prior to forsterite at…

Two isotopically distinct populations of refractory inclusions in the EHa3 chondrite Sahara 97072 – Significance for understanding the evolution of the CAI-formation regionOPEN ACCESS 

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Samuel Ebert, Kazuhide Nagashima, Alexander N. Krot, Addi Bischoff Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 27 December 2024 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The nature of isotopic differences between ‘normal’ Ca,Al-rich inclusions…

Chondrule-like objects and a Ca-Al-rich inclusion from comets or comet-like icy bodies

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Takaaki Noguchi, Daisuke Nakashima, Takayuki Ushikubo, Wataru Fujiya, Noriaki Ohashi, John P. Bradley, Tomoki Nakamura, Noriko T. Kita, Peter Hoppe, Hidemi Ishibashi, Makoto Kimura, Naoya Imae Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 6 August 2024 LINK…

Abundance, sizes, and major element compositions of components in CR and LL chondrites: formation from single reservoirsOPEN ACCESS 

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Denton S. Ebel, Marina E. Gemma, Samuel P. Alpert, Jasmine Bayron, Ana H. Lobo, Michael K. Weisberg MAPS, Version of Record online: 11 June 2024 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Abundances, apparent sizes, and individual chemical…

Oxygen-isotope heterogeneity in the Northwest Africa 3358 (H3.1) refractory inclusions – Fluid-assisted isotopic exchange on the H-chondrite parent body

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Samuel Ebert, Kazuhide Nagashima, Alexander N. Krot, Addi Bischoff Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 21 May 2020 LINK “The nature of oxygen-isotope heterogeneity in refractory inclusions [Ca,Al-rich inclusions (CAIs) and amoeboid…

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