HED zircons as a window into the solar system’s first crust: Decoupling primordial differentiation, metamorphism and impact events through textural and chemical studies

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Melanie Barboni, Madeline Marquardt, Nicholas E. Timms, Elizabeth Ann Bell Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 14 May 2024 LINK “The study of Howardite-Eucrite-Diogenite (HED) meteorites provides unique insights into early planet…

Tirhert and Aouinet Legraa: Rare unbrecciated eucrite falls

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Taha Shisseh, Hasnaa Chennaoui Aoudjehane, Carl B. Agee,Omar Boudouma MAPSVersion of Record online: 04 August 2022 LINK “Tirhert and Aouinet Legraa are the only documented unbrecciated eucrite falls in Africa. Aouinet Legraa fell in Algeria…

A deuterium-poor water reservoir in the asteroid 4 Vesta and the inner Solar System

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A. Stephant, M. Wadhwa, R. Hervig, M. Bose, X. Zhao, T.J. Barrett, M. Anand, I.A. Franchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 12 January 2021 LINK “Recent investigations of meteorites thought to originate from the asteroid…

Tirhert (Eucrite, unbrecciated, fell 9 July 2014) officially classified

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TIRHERT LINK 28.935°N, 8.905°W Guelmim-Es-Semara, Morocco Fell: 2014 Jul 9 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, unbrecciated) History: (H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane, A. Aaronson, M. Aoudjehane, A. Bouferra, A. Bouragaa) On Wednesday, 9 July 2014 around 9:30 pm,…

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