Chervony Kut meteorite, Nedryhailiv Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainei
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Chervony Kut meteorite | Meteorite Fall Location |
| Nedryhailiv Raion | Raion |
| Sumy Oblast | Oblast |
| Ukraine | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° 49' 59'' North , 34° 0' 0'' East
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Nedryhayliv | 6,031 (2014) | 8.7km |
| Terny | 3,661 (2012) | 17.4km |
| Lypova Dolyna | 5,199 (2014) | 33.1km |
| Vorozhba | 7,915 (2014) | 40.8km |
| Bilopillya | 17,824 (2014) | 41.5km |
Eucrite, monomict
Fell, 23 Jun 1939, 1.7 kg
Chervony Kut is an ancient, highly shocked eucrite consisting mostly of pyroxene (~50 vol%) and plagioclase (~40 vol%) with minor amounts of silica and chromite plus traces of zircon and phosphate. The pyroxenes are a complex mix of orthopyroxene (dominant), pigeonite, and minor exsolved Ca-rich pyroxene. The plagioclase is somewhat variable (mostly Bytownite) in composition — and has also been partially converted into maskelynite.
Excess Ni-60 and Xe-129 are consistent with Chervony Kut's radiometric ~4.55 billion year crystallization age on an original parent body. Its ~38-million-year cosmic ray exposure age — shared with several other HED meteorites — suggests that over the last 40 million years it has been on or very close to the surface of a small asteroid which had been spalled away from the asteroid Vesta during the past eon.
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7 valid minerals.
Meteorite/Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chromite Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4 Reference: Gooding, J. L., Prinz, M. & Keil, K. (1979) Mineralogy and Petrology of the Chervony Kut Eucrite (abstract): Lunar Planetary Science Conference X: 446-448. (Mar 1979) |
| ⓘ 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' Reference: Gooding, J. L., Prinz, M. & Keil, K. (1979) Mineralogy and Petrology of the Chervony Kut Eucrite (abstract): Lunar Planetary Science Conference X: 446-448. (Mar 1979) |
| ⓘ Fluorapatite Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F Reference: Hsu, W. & Crozaz, G. (1996) Mineral Chemistry and the petrogenesis of eucrites: I. Noncumulate eucrites: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 60 (22): 4571-4591. (Nov 1996) |
| ⓘ Ilmenite Formula: Fe2+TiO3 Reference: Shukolyukov, Y. A., Minh, D. V., & Scripnik, A. Y. (1982) 244Pu Fission Xe in the Chervony Kut and Vetluga Achondrites. Lunar and Planetary Science XIII: 728-729. Abstract. |
| ⓘ 'Maskelynite' Reference: Lindstrom, M. M. & Mittlefehldt, D. W. (1992) A Geochemical Study of Russian Eucrites and Howardites: Meteoritics 27 (3): page 250. (July 1992) |
| ⓘ 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup' Reference: Gooding, J. L., Prinz, M. & Keil, K. (1979) Mineralogy and Petrology of the Chervony Kut Eucrite (abstract): Lunar Planetary Science Conference X: 446-448. (Mar 1979) |
| ⓘ Pigeonite Formula: (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 Reference: Mason B., Jarosewich E. & Nelen J. A. (1979) The pyroxene-plagioclase achondrites. Smithson. Contrib. Earth Sci. 22: 27-45. |
| ⓘ 'Plagioclase' Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 Description: Range of at leasr An80-An93 {Gooding et al., (1979)] Reference: Gooding, J. L., Prinz, M. & Keil, K. (1979) Mineralogy and Petrology of the Chervony Kut Eucrite (abstract): Lunar Planetary Science Conference X: 446-448. (Mar 1979); Lindstrom, M. M. & Mittlefehldt, D. W. (1992) A Geochemical Study of Russian Eucrites and Howardites: Meteoritics 27 (3): page 250. (July 1992) |
| ⓘ 'Pyroxene Group' Formula: ADSi2O6 Description: Pyroxenes include Orthopyroxene, Pigeonite, and minor amount of Ca-rich pyroxene Reference: Mostefaoui, S., Lugmair, G. W., Hoppe, P. & El Goresy, A. (2004) Evidence for live 60Fe in meteorites: New Astronomy Reviews 48 (1-4): 155-159. (Feb 2004); Lindstrom, M. M. & Mittlefehldt, D. W. (1992) A Geochemical Study of Russian Eucrites and Howardites: Meteoritics 27 (3): page 250. (July 1992) ; Gooding, J. L., Prinz, M. & Keil, K. (1979) Mineralogy and Petrology of the Chervony Kut Eucrite (abstract): Lunar Planetary Science Conference X: 446-448. (Mar 1979) |
| ⓘ Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS Reference: Mostefaoui, S., Lugmair, G. W., Hoppe, P. & El Goresy, A. (2004) Evidence for live 60Fe in meteorites: New Astronomy Reviews 48 (1-4): 155-159. (Feb 2004) |
| ⓘ 'Silica' Reference: Gooding, J. L., Prinz, M. & Keil, K. (1979) Mineralogy and Petrology of the Chervony Kut Eucrite (abstract): Lunar Planetary Science Conference X: 446-448. (Mar 1979) |
| ⓘ Troilite Formula: FeS Reference: Shukolyukov, Y. A., Minh, D. V., & Scripnik, A. Y. (1982) 244Pu Fission Xe in the Chervony Kut and Vetluga Achondrites. Lunar and Planetary Science XIII: 728-729. Abstract. |
| ⓘ Zircon Formula: Zr(SiO4) Reference: Gooding, J. L., Prinz, M. & Keil, K. (1979) Mineralogy and Petrology of the Chervony Kut Eucrite (abstract): Lunar Planetary Science Conference X: 446-448. (Mar 1979) |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
| ⓘ | Troilite | 2.CC.10 | FeS |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Chromite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Cr3+2O4 |
| ⓘ | Ilmenite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2+TiO3 |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Fluorapatite | 8.BN.05 | Ca5(PO4)3F |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Pigeonite | 9.DA.10 | (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 |
| ⓘ | Zircon | 9.AD.30 | Zr(SiO4) |
| Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
| ⓘ | 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Maskelynite' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Plagioclase' | - | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| ⓘ | 'Pyroxene Group' | - | ADSi2O6 |
| ⓘ | 'Silica' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| O | ⓘ Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
| O | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| O | ⓘ Pyroxene Group | ADSi2O6 |
| O | ⓘ Pigeonite | (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 |
| O | ⓘ Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
| O | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Pigeonite | (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Si | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| Si | ⓘ Pyroxene Group | ADSi2O6 |
| Si | ⓘ Pigeonite | (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| S | ⓘ Troilite | FeS |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Ca | ⓘ Pigeonite | (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 |
| Ca | ⓘ Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
| Ti | Titanium | |
| Ti | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| Cr | Chromium | |
| Cr | ⓘ Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| Fe | ⓘ Pigeonite | (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 |
| Fe | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Troilite | FeS |
| Zr | Zirconium | |
| Zr | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Mason, B. (1967) The Bununu meteorite, and a discussion of the pyroxene-plagioclase achondrites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 31(2), 107-115.
Gooding, J.L., Prinz, M., Keil, K. (1979) Mineralogy and Petrology of the Chervony Kut Eucrite (abstract). Lunar Planetary Science Conference X, 446-448 (Mar 1979).
Mason, B., Jarosewich, E., Nelen, J.A. (1979) The pyroxene-plagioclase achondrites. Smithsonian Contributions to the Earth Sciences, 22, 27-45.
Shukolyukov, Y.A., Minh, D.V., Scripnik, A.Y. (1982) 244Pu Fission Xe in the Chervony Kut and Vetluga Achondrites. Lunar and Planetary Science XIII, 728-729. Abstract.
Lindstrom, M.M., Mittlefehldt, D.W. (1992) A Geochemical Study of Russian Eucrites and Howardites. Meteoritics, 27(3), 250 (July 1992).
Wadhwa, M., Lugmair, G.W. (1995) Sm-Nd Systematics of the Eucrite Chervony Kut (Abstract). Lunar Planetary Science Conference XXVI, 1453-1454 (Mar 1995).
Shukolyukov, A., Begemann, F. (1996) Cosmogenic and fissiogenic noble gases and 81Kr-Kr exposure age clusters of eucrites. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 31(1), 60-72 (Jan 1996).
Shukolyukov, A., Begemann, F. (1996) Pu-Xe dating of eucrites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 60(13), 2453-2471 (July 1996).
Hsu, W., Crozaz, G. (1996) Mineral Chemistry and the petrogenesis of eucrites: I. Noncumulate eucrites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 60(22), 4571-4591 (Nov 1996).
Mittlefehldt, D.W., McCoy, T.J., Goodrich, C.A., Kracher, A. (1998) Non-chondritic meteorites from asteroidal bodies. In: Planetary Materials (Papike, J. J., Editor): Chapter 4, 195 pages. Mineralogical Society of America: Washington, DC, USA.
Grady, M.M. (2000) Catalogue of Meteorites (5/e). Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, New York, Oakleigh, Madrid, Cape Town. 690 pages.
Mostefaoui, S., Lugmair, G.W., Hoppe, P., El Goresy, A. (2004) Evidence for live 60Fe in meteorites. New Astronomy Reviews, 48(1-4), 155-159 (Feb 2004).
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https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=5342
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/get_original_photo.php?recno=5642247 = nice foto w. fusion crust
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/get_original_photo.php?recno=5642247 = nice foto w. fusion crust
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