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| 1250–1256, 2002 Cristobalite inclusions in the Tatahouine achondrite: Implications for shock conditions...Cedex, France ABSTRACT The mineralogy of the Tatahouine diogenite was investigated by optical microscopy...indicates shock effects in the meteorite. The shock history of the meteorite must be consistent with the...EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES The fall of the Tatahouine meteorite was observed in 1931 (Lacroix 1931). It...Barrat et al. 1999; Gillet et al. 2000a). This meteorite was classified as a diogenite based on mineralogical |
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| Meteoritical Society, 1999 Printed in USA The Tatahouine diogenite: Mineralogical and chemical effects...3) Abstract-Comparison between clasts of the Tatahouine diogenite, collected the day of the fall in 193...very short time. INTRODUCTION The recovery of a meteorite immediately after its fall is exceptional. Most...if the mineralogical or chemical features of a meteorite are pristine or have been overprinted by its terrestrial...quantify the intensity of surficial processes on a meteorite is to compare various fragments of an object collected |
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| > composite grains > plagioclases > pyroxene > troilite (Nakamura et al. 2011). Grains and inclusions...inclusions of chromite, chlorapatite, merrillite, troilite, taenite, and kamacite occur in minor abundances (Nakamura...Readers interested in more details of chondritic meteorite classification, petrologic types, and associated...Terrestrial weathering interferes with the use of meteorite mineralogy and chemistry as windows into the preterrestrial...numerous OC finds have been recovered, desert meteorite finds have been exposed to terrestrial conditions |
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| Graves Nunataks 95209 and bulk samples ofthe Tatahouine diogenite, Pasamonte eucrite, five aubrites and...and two angrites. Among these, Lodran, Tatahouine, Pasamonte and the aubrite Norton County have been...data for some temperature steps of the diogenite Tatahouine and mineral separates of Lodran indicate U-Xe...Xenon in acid-resistant residues of the lAB iron meteorite EI Taco has been explained by a mixture of fractionated...correlations found in etched samples of this meteorite lead to U-Xe composition (Jones eta!., 1985). |
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| http://meteoritics.org Laboratory simulation of terrestrial meteorite weathering using the Bensour (LL6) ordinary chondrite...experiment 3, condensed boiling water was dripped onto meteorite subsamples within a Soxhlet extractor. Solutions...accumulation of weathering products within a group of meteorite finds, usually ordinary chondrites whose terrestrial...for example Holbrook (Bland et al. 1998a) and Tatahouine (Barrat et al. 1998), or has been determined...bulk chemical or isotopic composition of the meteorite resulting from acquisition of ions from the Earth’s |
 | Tait, Alastair W., Gagen, Emma J., Wilson, Siobhan A., Tomkins, Andrew G., Southam, Gordon (2020) Eukaryotic Colonization of Micrometer-Scale Cracks in Rocks: A “Microfluidics” Experiment Using Naturally Weathered Meteorites from the Nullarbor Plain, Australia. Astrobiology, 20 (3) 364-374 doi:10.1089/ast.2019.2077 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) |
| planetary protection. Key Words: Nullarbor Plain—Meteorite—Endolith—First colonizer—Microfluidics—Eukaryotes...(Burckle and Delaney, 1999), and a diogenite from Tunisia (Benzerara et al., 2006). 1. Introduction T ...directly proportional to the amount of shock the meteorite parent body received, with higher shock generally...microbes found within a chondritic meteorite; for instance, a meteorite with high porosity and permeability...oxidation and corrosive removal of FeNi alloys and troilite (FeS), which are commonly colonized by microorganisms |
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| occluded primary intergranular pores to form veins. Troilite weathers readily in ‘hot’ desert environments...parts of some meteorites, will only occur if the meteorite is especially metal-rich, or has a low primary...but occur in abundance in only one ‘hot’ desert meteorite, Daraj 014. The majority of Fe-rich weathering...concentrations. Here we report results of a study of meteorite terrestrial weathering products using high-resolution...weathering products do not form before the fall of the meteorite. The work reported here has focused on determining |
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| the surface, so rapidly that portions of the meteorite and the ground which were in contact were vaporized...people wondered about what would happen if a large meteorite fell to the ground, but they were limited by the...meteorites and the corollary that the size of the meteorite was quite small relative to the crater it could...an equal mass of TNT. The kinetic energy of a meteorite changes with the square of the velocity and hence...far more probable that the angle of impact of a meteorite with earth or moon is low rather than high. Previously |
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| The acronym SNC comes from the three classes of meteorite involved: S is for shergottites, which are basalts...basalts and peridotites, named for the type meteorite Shergotty; N is for nakhlites, which are clinopyroxenites...clinopyroxenites, named for the type meteorite Nahkla; and C is for Chassigny, which is a unique dunite. ALH84001...is also grouped with the SNC meteorites. This meteorite classi cation is awkward, and it has been proposed...petrologically related to the nakhlites. The ALH84001 meteorite is composed almost entirely of low-calcium pyroxene |
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| (Dhofar 007) and noncumulated (NWA 011). Results: A meteorite shower, 37 pieces weighing a total of 21,270 g...pyroxene and plagioclase. Accessories are metal, troilite, and chromite. Shock features include frachning...9) and plagioclase (47.2), Fe, Ni-metal (1.6), troilite (I.]), chromite (~0.5).and phosphates (~0.5)....plagioclase (0.05-0.1 mm). Accessories are metal, troilite, spinel, ilmenite, and quartz. Mineralogical mode...REE pattern supports a cumulate type of this meteorite also. At the other side the data of NWA 011 are |
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| 63 YEARS OF TERRESTRIAL RESIDENCE IN THE TATAHOUINE METEORITE. J. A. Barrat', Ph. Gilletz, Th. Heulin3...contamination processes. Comparison between clasts of the Tatahouine diogenite collected the day of the fall in 1931...0-isotopic analysis of the carbonates within the Tatahouine meteorite and the underlying ground confirm their...were observed on the external surfaces of the meteorite fragments collected in 1994 and on gravels, gun...bacteria clusters from the soil in which the meteorite samples were embedded. This study emphasizes the |
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| differences among c o m p o n e n t s of the Allende meteorite. Smithsonian Contrib. Earth Sci., 1 9 : 84—95...3 COSMOCHEMISTRY OF THE RARE EARTH ELEMENTS: METEORITE STUDIES WILLIAM V. BOYNTON 3.1. Introduction...into the later processes that occurred on the meteorite parent bodies. This review will first provide...abundances) in Ca,Al-rich inclusions in the AUende meteorite. These inclusions will be discussed in more detail...exceptions all of the CAI studied are from one meteorite, Allende, a member of the CV3 class of carbonaceous |
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| mars: possible relic biogenic activity in Martian meteorite ALH84001. Science 273(5277):924—930 Joseph Seckbach...with increasing carbon number in the Murchison meteorite and in prebiotic simulations (Wolman et al....of the number of carbon atoms in the Murchison meteorite. ©: amino acids, a: hydroxy acids, (: straight-chain...phosphonates are extremely abundant in the Murchison meteorite (Botta and Bada, 2002), except for certain amide...amino acids and hydroxy acids of the Murchison meteorite. Adv Space Res 15:91-97 de Duve C (1991) Blueprint |
