 | Beck, P., Barrat, J.A., Gillet, Ph., Wadhwa, M., Franchi, I.A., Greenwood, R.C., Bohn, M., Cotten, J., van de Moortèle, B., Reynard, B. (2006) Petrography and geochemistry of the chassignite Northwest Africa 2737 (NWA 2737) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70 (8) 2127-2139 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2006.01.016 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | de Lyon, 46 allée d’Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 7, France b U.B.O.-I.U.E.M., CNRS UMR 6538 (Domaines Océaniques)...place Nicolas Copernic, F-29280 Plouzané Cedex, France c Department of Geology, The Field Museum, 1400...geochemistry of the Northwest Africa 2737 (NWA 2737) meteorite that was recovered from the Morrocan Sahara in...glass (1.6 wt%) and apatite (0.2 wt%). Unlike Chassigny, plagioclase has not been observed in NWA 2737...related to the strong shock experienced by the meteorite as revealed by the deformation features observed |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 93, pages 676–684, 2008 Maskelynite-hosted apatite in the Chassigny meteorite: Insights into late-stage...late-stage magmatic volatile evolution in martian magmas Francis M. McCubbin* and Hanna Nekvasil Department of...U.S.A. Abstract Apatite-hosting maskelynite and alkali maskelynite within regions interstitial to cumulus...found within melt inclusions in the Chassigny martian meteorite. Feldspar glass compositions within the...subsolidus regime. Coupled with these differences in maskelynite compositions are differences in volatile abundance |  | McCubbin, Francis M., Smirnov, Alexander, Nekvasil, Hanna, Wang, Jianhua, Hauri, Erik, Lindsley, Donald H. (2010) Hydrous magmatism on Mars: A source of water for the surface and subsurface during the Amazonian. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 292 (1) 132-138 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.01.028 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Editor: T. Spohn Keywords: SNC meteorite hydrous martian magmatism Chassigny kaersutite water on Mars habitability...past existence of abundant flowing water on the martian surface, however the source for this water is less...less understood. Estimates of water in the deep martian interior from SNC meteorites yield low values (1–36...have analyzed hydrous amphibole in the Chassigny martian meteorite, finding much higher water contents than...with a much wetter martian mantle (minimum range of 140–250 ppm H2O for the Chassigny source region), allowing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ratios of the melt-inclusion pyroxenes in the Chassigny meteorite. Pyroxene compositions suggest early high...that the melt trapped in cumulus olivine of the Chassigny dunite was similar to a terrestrial silica-saturated...and atmosphere, to its surface morphology. The Martian shergottite, nakhlite, and chassignite (SNC) meteorites...1998) are invaluable sources of information about Martian magmatism. However, this information has proven...rim material. For the cumulates, specifically Chassigny and the nakhlites, workers have developed approximations |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | online at http://meteoritics.org Ejection of Martian meteorites Jˆrg FRITZ1*, Natalia ARTEMIEVA2, and...ejection of Martian meteorites. The results show that shock pressures allowing the ejection of Martian meteorites...an ejection of potentially viable organisms in Martian surface rocks seems possible. A calculation of...time in space for the most highly shocked Martian meteorite Allan Hills (ALH) 77005 was performed and...burial depths of the sub-volcanic to volcanic Martian rocks as indicated by textures and mineral compositions |  | McCubbin, F. M., Shearer, C. K., Burger, P. V., Hauri, E. H., Wang, J., Elardo, S. M., Papike, J. J. (2014) Volatile abundances of coexisting merrillite and apatite in the martian meteorite Shergotty: Implications for merrillite in hydrous magmas. American Mineralogist, 99 (7) 1347-1354 doi:10.2138/am.2014.4782 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | coexisting merrillite and apatite in the martian meteorite Shergotty: Implications for merrillite in...formed were “very dry.” However, the Shergotty martian meteorite has been reported to contain both apatite...aqueous fluids. Keywords: Water on Mars, martian meteorite, SIMS, whitlockite, phosphates Introduction...whitlockite have been used interchangeably in the meteorite literature. Much of the confusion regarding the...There are some reports of “whitlockite” in the meteorite literature; however, these likely represent misidentifications |  | Xie, Xiande, Zhai, Shuangmeng, Chen, Ming, Yang, Hexiong (2013) Tuite, γ-Ca3(PO4)2, formed by chlorapatite decomposition in a shock vein of the Suizhou L6 chondrite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48 (8) 1515-1523 doi:10.1111/maps.12143 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | whitlockite in shock veins of the Suizhou L6 meteorite. This study reports the finding of tuite in a...chlorapatite or whitlockite. INTRODUCTION THE SUIZHOU METEORITE Apatite (Ca5(PO4)3(OH,F,Cl)) and whitlockite...chlorapatite in shock veins of the Sixiangkou meteorite was transformed to an unknown high-pressure polymorph...of c-Ca3(PO4)2 in shock veins of the Suizhou meteorite and named it tuite. This paper reports the discovery...of tuite in a shock vein of the same Suizhou meteorite, which is believed to have formed through the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | trapped and cosmogenic noble gases in several Martian meteorites DANIEL H. GARRISON1 AND DONALD D. BOGARD2J*...the noble gases were measured in the following Martian meteorites: two shock glass inclusions from Elephant...and Xe trapped from the Martian atmosphere. The isotopic composition of Martian Ne, if actually present...poorly defined. The 40Ar/36Ar ratio of trapped Martian atmospheric Ar is probably considerably lower than...data on impact glasses suggest a ratio is 14.0. Martian atmospheric Kr may be enriched in value of -1900 |  | Giesting, Paul A., Schwenzer, Susanne P., Filiberto, Justin, Starkey, Natalie A., Franchi, Ian A., Treiman, Allan H., Tindle, Andy G., Grady, Monica M. (2015) Igneous and shock processes affecting chassignite amphibole evaluated using chlorine/water partitioning and hydrogen isotopes. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 50 (3) 433-460 doi:10.1111/maps.12430 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | initial 0.7–0.8 wt% H2O due to intense shock. Chassigny amphibole had on average 0.3– 0.4 wt% H2O and...+3700&; it absorbed Martian atmosphere-derived heavy H in the aftermath of shock. Chassigny amphibole, with...degassing of Martian magma were more Cl-rich than on Earth, resulting in the high Cl content of Martian surface...would have strongly affected the chemistry of the Martian atmosphere and hydrosphere (Greenwood and Blake...and F are more abundant relative to H2O in many Martian meteorites compared to terrestrial rocks of similar |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | we located the liquidus (at high P and T) for a Martian basalt composition (the rock Humphrey, Gusev Crater...generation and evolution. While, some aspects of Martian basalt petrogenesis have been consistent with experimental...obtained for Cl-rich, H2O-poor systems, and that Martian basalts would contain little water. For Earth,...have been reported in numerous locations on the Martian surface from GRS global mapping, to in situ rock...as well as surface alteration processes on the Martian surface. Therefore, we have conducted a study investigating |  | Baumgartner, Raphael J., Fiorentini, Marco L., Baratoux, David, Ferrière, Ludovic, Locmelis, Marek, Tomkins, Andrew, Sener, Kerim A. (2017) The variability of ruthenium in chromite from chassignite and olivine-phyric shergottite meteorites: New insights into the behavior of PGE and sulfur in Martian magmatic systems. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 52 (2) 333-350 doi:10.1111/maps.12795 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | insights into the behavior of PGE and sulfur in Martian magmatic systems Raphael J. BAUMGARTNER1*, Marco...IRD and University of Toulouse, 31400 Toulouse, France 3 Institut Fondamental d’Afrique Noire Cheikh Anta...revision accepted 08 October 2016) Abstract–The Martian meteorites comprise mantle-derived mafic to ultramafic...insights into the sulfide saturation history of Martian mantle-derived melts. The new data reveal distinctive...distinctive differences between the two meteorite groups. Chromite from the chassignites Northwest Africa |  | Leroux, Hugues, Jacob, Damien, Marinova, Maya, Hewins, Roger H., Zanda, Brigitte, Pont, Sylvain, Lorand, Jean-Pierre, Humayun, Munir (2016) Exsolution and shock microstructures of igneous pyroxene clasts in the Northwest Africa 7533 Martian meteorite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 51 (5) 932-945 doi:10.1111/maps.12637 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pyroxene clasts in the Northwest Africa 7533 Martian meteorite Hugues LEROUX1*, Damien JACOB1, Maya MARINOVA2...d’Ascq, France 2 Institut Chevreul, University of Lille & CNRS, F-59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France 3 Institut...Universite Paris 06, IRD & CNRS, 75005 Paris, France 4 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers...77 Av. Denfert Rochereau, F-75014 Paris Cedex, France 6 Laboratoire de Planetologie et Geodynamique...Geodynamique, Universite de Nantes, 44322 Nantes, France 7 Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Science and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | enveloping compound chondrule from the Allende meteorite. Sample Description: The enveloping compound chondrule...graphite grains extracted from the Murchison meteorite have a range of density (1.6–2.2 g/cm3) [1]. Low-density...separates (2.02–2.12 g/cm3) from the Orgueil meteorite [5]. Grains from KFB1 show two distinct populations:...heating procedure for two samples of the IIIB iron meteorite Grant (split BE-50) was performed to determine...required temperatures to fully degas an iron meteorite and to have an idea which temperature is needed |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | that have chromite as the liquidus phase. Lunar meteorite NWA 032 is an unbrecciated low-Ti mare basalt...content from olivine cores in lunar lowTi basaltic meteorite NWA 032, which had chromite as a liquidus phase...pyroxenes in the intercumulus regions of the Chassigny martian meteorite and those in the olivine-hosted melt...enrichment on the Moon deduced from the lunar basaltic meteorite Northwest Africa 032. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta...(2011) Unique spinel-rich lithology in lunar meteorite ALHA81005: origin and possible connection to M3 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OF THE METALLIC PHASES IN THE ALMAHATA SITTA METEORITE (FRAGMENT#051). Y. A. Abdu1, A. M. Gismelseed2...Khartoum, Sudan. Introduction: The Almahata Sitta meteorite fall was unique because asteroid 2008 TC3, the...dedicated simulation chamber in vacuum and in a martian atmosphere with a pressure of 7.0 mbar and 1.0...zone, where a thin film has formed. In vacuum and martian atmospheric conditions at 7 mbar, this film consists...magnetite when the LIBS measurement was done in martian atmosphere at 1 bar. In the inner zones of the |  | | Book | | Tektites Meteorite Parent Bodies Celestial Mechanics Falls and Finds Age Determinations Meteorite Impacts...Nirgal Vallis 12.5.3. Vedra Valles Impact Craters Martian Meteorites Water on Mars 12.8.1. Hydrologic Cycle...Scot Kaplan for the photograph of the Ahnighito meteorite and we gratefully acknowledge the support of The...motivating the expeditions organized by England and France. Noteworthy among the leaders of these extended...discovery were Captain Louis Antoine de Bougainville of France (1729-1811) and Captain James Cook of Britain (1728-1779) |
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