TY - JOUR
T1 - Re-examining thermal metamorphism of the Renazzo-like (CR) carbonaceous chondrites
T2 - Insights from pristine Miller Range 090657 and shock-heated Graves Nunataks 06100
AU - Davidson, Jemma
AU - Schrader, Devin L.
AU - Alexander, Conel M.O.D.
AU - Nittler, Larry R.
AU - Bowden, Roxane
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Ken Domanik (UA), Tim Rose, Emma Bullock, and Steve Lynton (SI), and J.T. Armstrong (CIW) for assistance with the electron microprobes. This manuscript was significantly improved by helpful reviews from Alan Rubin, Travis Tenner, an anonymous reviewer, and the editorial expertise of AE Sara Russell. US Antarctic meteorite samples are recovered by the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) program, which has been funded by NSF and NASA , and characterized and curated by the Department of Mineral Sciences of the Smithsonian Institution and the Astromaterials Acquisition and Curation Office at NASA Johnson Space Center. This work was funded by NASA grants NNX11AG67G (PI: CMODA), NNX10AI63G and NNX11AB40G (PI: LRN), and NNX17AE53G (PI: DLS), and the Arizona State University Center for Meteorite Studies . Appendix A
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PY - 2019/12/15
Y1 - 2019/12/15
N2 - We re-examine the Renazzo-like (CR) chondrite metamorphic trend based on Cr2O3 contents of FeO-rich olivine, indicating that it is only appropriate to use such analyses to identify the endmembers of this group (i.e., those that have experienced either no detectable heating or significant heating). As such Miller Range (MIL) 090657 appears to have experienced very minimal (if any) thermal processing and is one of the most pristine CR chondrites analyzed to date, while Graves Nunataks 06100 is the most shock-heated CR chondrite studied. On the basis of bulk H-C-N isotopic compositions, MIL 090657 appears to be of petrological type 2.7. We also report the H-C-N isotopic compositions of extracted insoluble organic matter, in situ chemical compositional data, presolar grain abundances, and a petrologic description of MIL 090657. As a minimally altered CR chondrite of relatively high mass (133.1 g), MIL 090657 provides an invaluable opportunity to perform coordinated, often destructive, analyses on pristine CR chondrite material. By combining a number of petrographic characteristics (Cr2O3-content of ferroan olivine, Co/Ni ratios of Fe,Ni metal, ratios of Fe# in chondrule olivine and low-Ca pyroxene, and the presence of excess silica in chondrule plagioclase) with bulk isotopic compositions, we demonstrate their utility as indicators for determining the relative pristinity/heating of low petrographic (type 1–3) chondrites.
AB - We re-examine the Renazzo-like (CR) chondrite metamorphic trend based on Cr2O3 contents of FeO-rich olivine, indicating that it is only appropriate to use such analyses to identify the endmembers of this group (i.e., those that have experienced either no detectable heating or significant heating). As such Miller Range (MIL) 090657 appears to have experienced very minimal (if any) thermal processing and is one of the most pristine CR chondrites analyzed to date, while Graves Nunataks 06100 is the most shock-heated CR chondrite studied. On the basis of bulk H-C-N isotopic compositions, MIL 090657 appears to be of petrological type 2.7. We also report the H-C-N isotopic compositions of extracted insoluble organic matter, in situ chemical compositional data, presolar grain abundances, and a petrologic description of MIL 090657. As a minimally altered CR chondrite of relatively high mass (133.1 g), MIL 090657 provides an invaluable opportunity to perform coordinated, often destructive, analyses on pristine CR chondrite material. By combining a number of petrographic characteristics (Cr2O3-content of ferroan olivine, Co/Ni ratios of Fe,Ni metal, ratios of Fe# in chondrule olivine and low-Ca pyroxene, and the presence of excess silica in chondrule plagioclase) with bulk isotopic compositions, we demonstrate their utility as indicators for determining the relative pristinity/heating of low petrographic (type 1–3) chondrites.
KW - CR chondrites
KW - GRA 06100
KW - MIL 090657
KW - Presolar grains
KW - Primitive meteorites
KW - Pristine meteorites
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U2 - 10.1016/j.gca.2019.09.033
DO - 10.1016/j.gca.2019.09.033
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85072555059
SN - 0016-7037
VL - 267
SP - 240
EP - 256
JO - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
JF - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
ER -