 | Gismelseed, Abbasher M., Abdu, Yassir A., Shaddad, Muawia H., Verma, Harish C., Jenniskens, Peter (2014) Fe-bearing phases in a ureilite fragment from the asteroid 2008 TC3(= Almahata Sitta meteorites): A combined Mössbauer spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction study. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 49 (8) 1485-1493 doi:10.1111/maps.12345 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ureilite fragment from the asteroid 2008 TC3 (= Almahata Sitta meteorites): A combined M€ ossbauer spectroscopy...Physics, University of Khartoum, Khartoum 11115, Sudan 3 Department of Geological Sciences, University...a ureilite fragment (AS#051) from the Almahata Sitta meteorite are studied using M€ ossbauer spectroscopy...and pigeonite), and the ferromagnetic sextet to kamacite (magnetic hyperfine field 33.2 T), in agreement...in atmosphere in the Nubian Desert of northern Sudan (20°180 N, 33°300 E), where it was seen by thousands |  | BISCHOFF, Addi, HORSTMANN, Marian, PACK, Andreas, LAUBENSTEIN, Matthias, HABERER, Siegfried (2010) Asteroid 2008 TC3-Almahata Sitta: A spectacular breccia containing many different ureilitic and chondritic lithologies. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 45 (10) 1638-1656 doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01108.x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01108.x Asteroid 2008 TC3—Almahata Sitta: A spectacular breccia containing many different...impacted Earth in northern Sudan on October 7, 2008. The meteorite named Almahata Sitta was classified as a polymict...pieces from different fragments collected in the Almahata Sitta strewn field were investigated and a large number...evidence that most, if not all belong to the Almahata Sitta meteorite fall. The fragments can roughly be subdivided...the lithological heterogeneity of the Almahata Sitta meteorite. Based on the findings presented in this |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | www.elsevier.de/chemer Invited Review The Almahata Sitta polymict breccia and the late accretion of...October 2013 Accepted 29 January 2014 Keywords: Almahata Sitta Asteroid 2008 TC3 Polymict ureilite Polymict...its impact area: the Nubian Desert of northern Sudan, Africa. The asteroid had a preatmospheric diameter...recovery of more than 700 (monolithological) meteorite fragments with a total weight of ∼10.5 kg. These...These meteorites were collectively named “Almahata Sitta”, after the nearby train station 6, and initially |  | SANDFORD, Scott A., MILAM, Stefanie N., NUEVO, Michel, JENNISKENS, Peter, SHADDAD, Muawia H. (2010) The mid-infrared transmission spectra of multiple stones from the Almahata Sitta meteorite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 45 (10) 1821-1835 doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.001096.x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | transmission spectra of multiple stones from the Almahata Sitta meteorite Scott A. SANDFORD1*, Stefanie N. MILAM1...University of Khartoum, P.O. Box 321, Khartoum 11115, Sudan Present address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center...created a strewn field of stones, the Almahata Sitta meteorite, in Sudan. A preliminary analysis of one of...Earth’s atmosphere over the Nubian Desert of northern Sudan (Chesley et al. 2008; Yeomans 2008) only 20 h after...a total of 52 fragments of the Almahata Sitta (‘‘Station 6’’) meteorite having a total mass of about 3 |  | WELTEN, Kees C., MEIER, Matthias M. M., CAFFEE, Marc W., NISHIIZUMI, Kuni, WIELER, Rainer, JENNISKENS, Peter, SHADDAD, Muawia H. (2010) Cosmogenic nuclides in Almahata Sitta ureilites: Cosmic-ray exposure age, preatmospheric mass, and bulk density of asteroid 2008 TC3. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 45 (10) 1728-1742 doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01106.x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1945-5100.2010.01106.x Cosmogenic nuclides in Almahata Sitta ureilites: Cosmic-ray exposure age, preatmospheric...University of Khartoum, P.O. Box 321, Khartoum 11115, Sudan * Corresponding author. E-mail: kcwelten@berkeley...Desert of Sudan. Subsequent searches yielded several hundred meteorite fragments, known as Almahata Sitta...fragments of the Almahata Sitta ureilite. The concentrations of 10Be, 26Al, and 36Cl in the meteorite fragments...altitude of 37 km above the Nubian Desert of northern Sudan. In December 2008, a search party led by two of |  | HOFFMANN, Viktor H., HOCHLEITNER, Rupert, TORII, Masayuki, FUNAKI, Minoru, MIKOUCHI, Takashi, KALIWODA, Melanie, JENNISKENS, Peter, SHADDAD, Muawia H. (2011) Magnetism and mineralogy of Almahata Sitta polymict ureilite (= asteroid 2008 TC3): Implications for the ureilite parent body magnetic field. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 46 (10) 1551-1564 doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2011.01248.x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1945-5100.2011.01248.x Magnetism and mineralogy of Almahata Sitta polymict ureilite (= asteroid 2008 TC3): Implications...University of Khartoum, P.O. Box 321, Khartoum 11115, Sudan * Corresponding author. E-mail: hoffmann.viktor@gmx...revision accepted 29 May 2011) Abstract–The Almahata Sitta meteorite is the first case of recovered extraterrestrial...within the 2008 TC3 consortium were investigating Almahata Sitta’s (AS) magnetic signature, phase composition...general magnetic properties and behavior of Almahata Sitta and try to place the results in context with |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (2010) doi: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01107.x Almahata Sitta—Fragment MS-CH: Characterization of a new chondrite...hundred, mostly small meteorite fragments, recovered within the Almahata Sitta strewn field, one fragment...detected that represents a new type of chondritic meteorite. The detection of short-lived cosmogenic radionuclides...fragment results from a fresh meteorite fall consistent with the Almahata Sitta event in October 2008. The...fundamental mineralogical characteristics of the Almahata Sitta fragment MS-CH can be summarized as follows: |  | Goodrich, Cyrena Anne, Zolensky, Michael E., Fioretti, Anna Maria, Shaddad, Muawia H., Downes, Hilary, Hiroi, Takahiro, Kohl, Issaku, Young, Edward D., Kita, Noriko T., Hamilton, Victoria E., Riebe, My E. I., Busemann, Henner, Macke, Robert J., Fries, M., Ross, D. Kent, Jenniskens, Peter (2019) The first samples from Almahata Sitta showing contacts between ureilitic and chondritic lithologies: Implications for the structure and composition of asteroid 2008
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3. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 54 (11) 2769-2813 doi:10.1111/maps.13390 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 10.1111/maps.13390 The first samples from Almahata Sitta showing contacts between ureilitic and chondritic...Department, University of Khartoum, Khartoum 11115, Sudan 5 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck...2019) Abstract–Almahata Sitta (AhS), an anomalous polymict ureilite, is the first meteorite observed to...TC3). However, correlating properties of the meteorite with those of the asteroid is not straightforward...isotope composition is unlike that of any known meteorite. The enclosed clasts and chondrules do 1 © The |  | ZOLENSKY, Michael, HERRIN, Jason, MIKOUCHI, Takashi, OHSUMI, Kazumasa, FRIEDRICH, Jon, STEELE, Andrew, RUMBLE, Douglas, FRIES, Marc, SANDFORD, Scott, MILAM, Stefanie, HAGIYA, Kenji, TAKEDA, Hiroshi, SATAKE, Wataru, KURIHARA, Taichi, COLBERT, Matthew, HANNA, Romy, MAISANO, Jessie, KETCHAM, Richard, GOODRICH, Cyrena, LE, Loan, ROBINSON, GeorgAnn, MARTINEZ, James, ROSS, Kent, JENNISKENS, Peter, SHADDAD, Muawia H. (2010) Mineralogy and petrography of the Almahata Sitta ureilite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 45 (10) 1618-1637 doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01128.x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 01128.x Mineralogy and petrography of the Almahata Sitta ureilite Michael ZOLENSKY1*, Jason HERRIN2...Department, University of Khartoum, Khartoum 11115, Sudan * Corresponding author. E-mail: michael.e.zolensky@nasa...battery of analyses on 17 samples of the Almahata Sitta meteorite, identifying three main lithologies and...kg-scale, at the g-scale this is not apparent. The meteorite is a polymict ureilite, with some intriguing features...composition. Although augite is locally present in Almahata Sitta, it is a minor phase in most (but not all) |  | Miyahara, Masaaki, Ohtani, Eiji, El Goresy, Ahmed, Lin, Yangting, Feng, Lu, Zhang, Jian-Chao, Gillet, Philippe, Nagase, Toshiro, Muto, Jun, Nishijima, Masahiko (2015) Unique large diamonds in a ureilite from Almahata Sitta 2008 TC3 asteroid. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 163. 14-26 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.035 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Manuscript Unique large diamonds in a ureilite from Almahata Sitta 2008 TC3 asteroid Masaaki Miyahara, Eiji Ohtani..., Unique large diamonds in a ureilite from Almahata Sitta 2008 TC3 asteroid, Geochimica et Cosmochimica... 1 Unique large diamonds in a ureilite from Almahata Sitta 2008 TC3 asteroid 2 3 4 Masaaki Miyahara1...miyahara@hiroshima-u.ac.jp 29 30 31 Abstract 32 The Almahata Sitta MS-170 ureilite (a piece of a breccia originating...single-crystals diamond in meteorites. Almahata 43 Sitta MS-170 is a meteorite fragment from the 2008 TC3 asteroid |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Differences were also found for Ni concentrations in kamacite. Thus, we propose a system for classifying E chondrites...of nearly pure endmember enstatite; Si-bearing kamacite; Ti-Cr-bearing troilite 1 © The Meteoritical...many desert samples that are paired, from the Meteorite Bulletin Database: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metb...The 15 Antarctic samples were provided by the “Meteorite Working Group” of the Lunar and Planetary Science...alabandite ([Mn,Mg,Fe]S with: Mn≥Fe,Mg [mole%]), and kamacite (Fe,Ni). All measurements were performed with |  | MURTY, Sripada V. S., MAHAJAN, Ramakant R., JENNISKENS, Peter, SHADDAD, Muawia H., ELDIEN, Beder (2010) Noble gases and nitrogen in the Almahata Sitta ureilite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 45 (10) 1751-1764 doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01095.x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2010.01095.x Noble gases and nitrogen in the Almahata Sitta ureilite Sripada V. S. MURTY1*, Ramakant R...University of Khartoum, P.O. Box 321, Khartoum 11115, Sudan * Corresponding author. E-mail: murty@prl.res.in...April 2010) Abstract–A bulk sample (split from Almahata Sitta #36) and an acid resistant residue (from #44)...although the number of observed falls is only 7. Almahata Sitta (hereafter AS) is the most recently fallen...matter (Jenniskens et al. 2009). It is the first meteorite to be associated with a known small asteroid of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | a unique achondritic lithology of the Almahata Sitta meteorite (MS-MU-019 and MSMU-036) contain three...Remains of these bodies are poorly represented in meteorite collections, which points to efficient accretion...Fig. 1. Overviews of the samples studied. Kam = kamacite, mm-OEn = monomineralic orthoenstatite lithology...showing sub-angular to rounded silicate clasts in a kamacite matrix. Dashed rectangle refers to the area shown...MS-MU-019, showing abundant silicate “dust” in the kamacite matrix (arrows). c) Polarized-light optical image |  | Ross, Aidan J., Downes, Hilary, Herrin, Jason S., Mittlefehldt, David W., Humayun, Munir, Smith, Caroline (2019) The origin of iron silicides in ureilite meteorites. Geochemistry, 79 (4) 125539 doi:10.1016/j.chemer.2019.125539 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | indigenous to the ureilite parent body. Si1 free kamacite grains in brecciated ureilites show flatter, more...occurring iron silicide in the brecciated ureilite meteorite North Haig. Ureilite meteorites are carbon-bearing...The Almahata Sitta meteorites derived from the fall of ~4 m diameter asteroid 2008 TC3 in Sudan (Jenniskens...including FeSi and FeSi2, have been found in lunar meteorite Dhofar 280 (Anand et al., 2004; ro Nazarov et...Fe)8(Si,P)3 occur in the Horse Creek ungrouped iron meteorite (Buchwald 1975) and enstatite chondrites (Wasson |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Manuscript Clues to the origin of metal in Almahata Sitta EL and EH chondrites and implications for primitive...Bischoff, A., Clues to the origin of metal in Almahata Sitta EL and EH chondrites and implications for primitive...pertain. Clues to the origin of metal in Almahata Sitta EL and EH chondrites and implications for primitive...siderophile elements, metal, impact melting, Almahata Sitta Abstract Enstatite (E) chondrites are a group...Nine samples of E chondrites from the recent Almahata Sitta fall [one EH3, two EL3/4, two EL6, two EL impact |  | Weber, I., Morlok, A., Bischoff, A., Hiesinger, H., Ward, D., Joy, K. H., Crowther, S. A., Jastrzebski, N. D., Gilmour, J. D., Clay, P. L., Wogelius, R. A., Greenwood, R. C., Franchi, I. A., Münker, C. (2016) Cosmochemical and spectroscopic properties of Northwest Africa 7325-A consortium study. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 51 (1) 3-30 doi:10.1111/maps.12586 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | abundance of selected trace elements determined. The meteorite is a cumulate rock with subchondritic abundances...trachyandesitic fragment found in the unique Almahata Sitta meteorite breccia. On the other hand, mineralogical...similarities to other meteorite groups, our results suggest that this meteorite is unique and unrelated...potentially be a good candidate for a hermean meteorite and thus the first sample from the planet Mercury...Minor phases are sulfide (troilite), chromite, kamacite, taenite, and eskolaite (Irving et al. 2013), |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | with shock and thermal histories of the host meteorite. Petrological data show that all the investigated...diamond phase vary widely both within an individual meteorite and between the ureilites. Shock-driven transformation...Catalytic transformation of graphite to diamond with kamacite as a catalytic or transient agent at relatively...spectra of acidresistant residues of Novo-Urei meteorite (Vdovykin 1967) correspond to dangling carbon...Composition of the Samples Ramlat as Sahmah 007 This meteorite is rather weathered. FeNi hydroxides partially |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | be found as individual meteorites in today’s meteorite collections. In order to reveal a better knowledge...clasts occur throughout all of the mentioned meteorite groups, whereas the CM-like clasts have only been...which both contain fragments of several different meteorite groups and classes. Kaidun consists of millimeter-...lithologies (Ivanov 1989; Zolensky and Ivanov 2003). Almahata Sitta—classified as a polymict ureilitic breccia—is...immediately in 2008 (Jenniskens et al. 2009). The Almahata Sitta breccia contains ureilitic, achondritic, and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Carmel, (5) Yizre’el Valley of the Kishon, (6) Is River, (7) Luobusha mining district, (8) Dalihu, (9) Manitanyrd... (22) Spiš-Gemer Ore Mountains, (23) Chusovaiâ river, Kamen Omut, (24) Krasnovishersky district, (25)...associated with alluvial deposits in the Kishon River area [114,115]. The so-called ‘Carmel Sapphire’...a location in the Yizre’el Valley of the Kishon River (Israel; 32◦ 400 2000 N, 35◦ 170 2200 E), close...≤1683–1933 K. At the old platinum mining area at Is River (Nizhnyaya Tura, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia; 58◦ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The recovery of Almahata Sitta from 2008 TC3 was a rare opportunity to recover meteorite samples from a.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00 Almahata Sitta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...body is their elemental compositions. Different meteorite groups have long been known to be easily distinguished...atmosphere, CI chondrites are relatively rare in our meteorite collections. Chondritic groups are generally thought...processes (e.g., melting, hydrothermal alteration) on meteorite parent bodies can significantly alter elemental |  | Pirim, C., Pasek, M.A., Sokolov, D.A., Sidorov, A.N., Gann, R.D., Orlando, T.M. (2014) Investigation of schreibersite and intrinsic oxidation products from Sikhote-Alin, Seymchan, and Odessa meteorites and Fe3P and Fe2NiP synthetic surrogates. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 140. 259-274 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2014.05.027 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | iron phosphates. Second, detailed analyses of meteorite schreibersite inclusions and synthetic schreibersite...to Earth weathering. We find that, while the meteorite samples have not been introduced directly into...Schreibersite (Fe,Ni)3P is a minor mineral common to most meteorite groups. It is the most common of the phosphide...for the formation of these structures, and the kamacite (α-Fe, Ni)-schreibersite interface serves as a...of this mineral to prebiotic evolution and to meteorite weathering. The corrosion of schreibersite has |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of olivine. In the LAR 04315, LAP 03587 and Almahata Sitta ureilites, pyroxene was extensively reduced...mosaicism. The fine-grained ureilitic component of Almahata Sitta appears to have likewise formed by impact smelting...ureilite, LaPaz Icefield (LAP) 03587; and in the Almahata Sitta ureilite, which was tracked, as asteroid TC3...21) indicates that, discounting porosity, the meteorite consists of 47 vol% olivine, 40 vol% pyroxene...top image. 3.3. Embrangled Almahata Sitta The Almahata Sitta meteorite fell as a shower of many tens |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the main characteristics of 74 macrochondrules. Meteorite PTS Class Size (mm) Type Mineralsb Hammadah...the main characteristics of 74 macrochondrules. Meteorite PTS Class Size (mm) Type Mineralsb NWA 2155...pyroxene, ol = olivine, chr = chromite, kam = kamacite, tr = troilite, Cl-ap = Clapatite, and cpx for...Furthermore, one macrochondrule is from the ungrouped meteorite Hammadah al Hamra 180. Concerning the carbonaceous...proportions are about 3:3:1. For about 3800 individual meteorite samples of the collection of the Institut für |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from a considerable “slope-1” variation from one meteorite to another in oxygen isotopes (2.5& < D17O <...(Cohen et al. 2004) and fragments from other meteorite groups. Ureilites are widely regarded as mantle...from a trachyandesite stone, ALM-A, from the Almahata Sitta fall (Bischoff et al. 2014). The ureilite...the bulk ureilites, vary considerably from one meteorite to another. This means that the ureilite parent...versus Δ O for the average compositions of various meteorite groups, some individual meteorites, Earth, Moon |  | | Catalog/List | | Front Cover: Gibeon mask — an incomparable iron meteorite (see lot 49079, page 62) Above: Foreground —...— the largest complete slice of the Abee meteorite (see lot 49116, page 90) Background — close-up of immense...solar system. It has been hypothesized that a meteorite not only led to the demise of the dinosaurs (providing...amino acids have been discovered in an Australian meteorite. How rare are meteorites? The entire mass of all...iron meteorites? The amount of nickel in an iron meteorite determines the type of crystalline pattern that |
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