Pyroxenes of ordinary H-group and L-group chondrites
Abstract
A detailed mineralogical and microprobe analysis of eight H-group and L-group chondrites of various petrological types is presented. On the basis of the composition and structural characteristics of the chondrites, three main pyroxene phases were identified: (1) orthopyroxenes (2) low-Ca clinopyroxenes; and (3) high-Ca pyroxenes composed of diopside-augile material. The interrelationships between the different pyroxene phases and the chondrite types are discussed in detail. Partition ratios between Fe(+) and Mg are estimated for coexisting orto- and clinopyroxene phases in the chondrites, and the equilibration temperatures were calculated. On the basis of the experimental results, some possible candidates for chondrite parent bodies are identified.
- Publication:
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Geokhimiia
- Pub Date:
- January 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985Geokh....R...3B
- Keywords:
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- Chondrites;
- Meteoritic Composition;
- Microanalysis;
- Mineralogy;
- Pyroxenes;
- Calcium;
- Crystallography;
- Histograms;
- Iron;
- Magnesium