[HTML][HTML] The aqueous alteration of CM chondrites, a review
The CM chondrites are samples of primitive water-rich asteroids formed during the early
solar system. They record significant interaction between liquid water and silicate rock …
solar system. They record significant interaction between liquid water and silicate rock …
Meteoritic minerals and their origins
About 435 mineral species have been identified in meteorites including native elements,
metals and metallic alloys, carbides, nitrides and oxynitrides, phosphides, silicides, sulfides …
metals and metallic alloys, carbides, nitrides and oxynitrides, phosphides, silicides, sulfides …
The Winchcombe meteorite, a unique and pristine witness from the outer solar system
Direct links between carbonaceous chondrites and their parent bodies in the solar system
are rare. The Winchcombe meteorite is the most accurately recorded carbonaceous …
are rare. The Winchcombe meteorite is the most accurately recorded carbonaceous …
Bright carbonate veins on asteroid (101955) Bennu: Implications for aqueous alteration history
INTRODUCTION Carbonaceous asteroids formed early in Solar System history and
experienced varying degrees of aqueous (water-rock) and thermal alteration. Most models …
experienced varying degrees of aqueous (water-rock) and thermal alteration. Most models …
Early fluid activity on Ryugu inferred by isotopic analyses of carbonates and magnetite
Samples from asteroid Ryugu returned by the Hayabusa2 mission contain evidence of
extensive alteration by aqueous fluids and appear related to the CI chondrites. To …
extensive alteration by aqueous fluids and appear related to the CI chondrites. To …
Carbonatites and carbothermalites: A revised classification
RH Mitchell, J Gittins - Lithos, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbonatites (sensu lato) are distinguished on a mineralogical-genetic basis as primary,
high-temperature magmatic rocks as opposed to low-temperature, carbothermal, deuteric …
high-temperature magmatic rocks as opposed to low-temperature, carbothermal, deuteric …
[HTML][HTML] The Yamato-type (CY) carbonaceous chondrite group: Analogues for the surface of asteroid Ryugu?
We report new mineralogical, petrographic and noble gas analyses of the carbonaceous
chondrite meteorites Y-82162 (C1/2 ung), Y-980115 (CI1), Y-86029 (CI1), Y-86720 (C2 …
chondrite meteorites Y-82162 (C1/2 ung), Y-980115 (CI1), Y-86029 (CI1), Y-86720 (C2 …
The Winchcombe meteorite—A regolith breccia from a rubble pile CM chondrite asteroid
The Winchcombe meteorite is a CM chondrite breccia composed of eight distinct lithological
units plus a cataclastic matrix. The degree of aqueous alteration varies between intensely …
units plus a cataclastic matrix. The degree of aqueous alteration varies between intensely …
GEMS-like material in the matrix of the Paris meteorite and the early stages of alteration of CM chondrites
The Paris meteorite is a weakly altered CM chondrite that has been discovered recently
(Hewins et al., 2014). Its matrix offers the opportunity to search for well-preserved pristine …
(Hewins et al., 2014). Its matrix offers the opportunity to search for well-preserved pristine …
Low-temperature aqueous alteration of chondrites
Chondritic meteorites (chondrites) contain evidence for the interaction of liquid water with
the interiors of small bodies early in Solar System history. Here we review the processes …
the interiors of small bodies early in Solar System history. Here we review the processes …