 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | twinning produced by a distinctive mechanism. Plagioclase is converted to glass (maskelynite) in lamellae...intimate association of chromite with glass of plagioclase composition is interpreted as a melting phenomenon...predominant deformation mechanism Diopside: twinning Plagioclase: maskelynitization Glass with metal and sulphide...of shock facies a to f [1,2] Facies Olivine Plagioclase Melt pockets Approximate range of peak pressures...silicate minerals are olivine, orthopyroxene, plagioclase and a calcic Fe-poor pyroxene which is here called |  | Friedrich, Jon M., Ruzicka, Alex, Rivers, Mark L., Ebel, Denton S., Thostenson, James O., Rudolph, Rebecca A. (2013) Metal veins in the Kernouvé (H6 S1) chondrite: Evidence for pre- or syn-metamorphic shear deformation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 116. 71-83 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2013.01.009 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New York, NY 10024, United States c Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory, Portland State University, Department...ordinary chondrites, the most abundant type of meteorite on the Earth, contain some evidence of shock loading...One of the best examples of a weakly shocked meteorite is the Kernouvé (H6 S1) ordinary chondrite. It...with optical petrography and suggest that the meteorite was not significantly shock compacted. J.M. Friedrich...interconnectivity. Tendrils of metal extend into the host meteorite away from the vein. A 3D rotating view of this |
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