Testing variations within the Tagish Lake meteorite—I: Mineralogy and petrology of pristine samples
Abstract Four samples ( TL 5b, TL 11h, TL 11i, and TL 11v) from the pristine collection of the Tagish Lake meteorite, an ungrouped C2 chondrite, were studied to characterize and understand its alteration history using EPMA , XRD , and TEM . We determined that samples TL 11h and TL 11i have a relativ...
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crwiley:10.1111/maps.12271 2024-09-30T14:44:41+00:00 Testing variations within the Tagish Lake meteorite—I: Mineralogy and petrology of pristine samples Blinova, Alexandra I. Zega, Thomas J. Herd, Christopher D. K. Stroud, Rhonda M. NASA Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada Alberta Ingenuity doctoral scholarships and Dissertation Fellowship 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maps.12271 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fmaps.12271 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/maps.12271 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/maps.12271 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Meteoritics & Planetary Science volume 49, issue 4, page 473-502 ISSN 1086-9379 1945-5100 journal-article 2014 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12271 2024-09-03T04:23:12Z Abstract Four samples ( TL 5b, TL 11h, TL 11i, and TL 11v) from the pristine collection of the Tagish Lake meteorite, an ungrouped C2 chondrite, were studied to characterize and understand its alteration history using EPMA , XRD , and TEM . We determined that samples TL 11h and TL 11i have a relatively smaller proportion of amorphous silicate material than sample TL 5b, which experienced low‐temperature hydrous parent‐body alteration conditions to preserve this indigenous material. The data suggest that lithic fragments of TL 11i experienced higher degrees of aqueous alteration than the rest of the matrix, based on its low porosity and high abundance of coarse‐ and fine‐grained sheet silicates, suggesting that TL 11i was present in an area of the parent body where alteration and brecciation were more extensive. We identified a coronal, “flower”‐like, microstructure consisting of a fine‐grained serpentine core and coarse‐grained saponite‐serpentine radial arrays, suggesting varied fluid chemistry and crystallization time scales. We also observed pentlandite with different morphologies: an exsolved morphology formed under nebular conditions; a nonexsolved pentlandite along grain boundaries; a “bulls‐eye” sulfide morphology and rims around highly altered chondrules that probably formed by multiple precipitation episodes during low‐temperature aqueous alteration (≥100 °C) on the parent body. On the basis of petrologic and mineralogic observations, we conclude that the Tagish Lake parent body initially contained a heterogeneous mixture of anhydrous precursor minerals of nebular and presolar origin. These materials were subjected to secondary, nonpervasive parent‐body alteration, and the samples studied herein represent different stages of that hydrous alteration, i.e., TL 5b (the least altered) < TL 11h < TL 11i (the most altered). Sample TL 11v encompasses the petrologic characteristics of the other three specimens. Article in Journal/Newspaper Tagish Wiley Online Library Bulls Eye ENVELOPE(-55.748,-55.748,49.650,49.650) Tagish ENVELOPE(-134.272,-134.272,60.313,60.313) Tagish Lake ENVELOPE(-134.233,-134.233,59.717,59.717) Meteoritics & Planetary Science 49 4 473 502 |
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Abstract Four samples ( TL 5b, TL 11h, TL 11i, and TL 11v) from the pristine collection of the Tagish Lake meteorite, an ungrouped C2 chondrite, were studied to characterize and understand its alteration history using EPMA , XRD , and TEM . We determined that samples TL 11h and TL 11i have a relatively smaller proportion of amorphous silicate material than sample TL 5b, which experienced low‐temperature hydrous parent‐body alteration conditions to preserve this indigenous material. The data suggest that lithic fragments of TL 11i experienced higher degrees of aqueous alteration than the rest of the matrix, based on its low porosity and high abundance of coarse‐ and fine‐grained sheet silicates, suggesting that TL 11i was present in an area of the parent body where alteration and brecciation were more extensive. We identified a coronal, “flower”‐like, microstructure consisting of a fine‐grained serpentine core and coarse‐grained saponite‐serpentine radial arrays, suggesting varied fluid chemistry and crystallization time scales. We also observed pentlandite with different morphologies: an exsolved morphology formed under nebular conditions; a nonexsolved pentlandite along grain boundaries; a “bulls‐eye” sulfide morphology and rims around highly altered chondrules that probably formed by multiple precipitation episodes during low‐temperature aqueous alteration (≥100 °C) on the parent body. On the basis of petrologic and mineralogic observations, we conclude that the Tagish Lake parent body initially contained a heterogeneous mixture of anhydrous precursor minerals of nebular and presolar origin. These materials were subjected to secondary, nonpervasive parent‐body alteration, and the samples studied herein represent different stages of that hydrous alteration, i.e., TL 5b (the least altered) < TL 11h < TL 11i (the most altered). Sample TL 11v encompasses the petrologic characteristics of the other three specimens. |
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Blinova, Alexandra I. Zega, Thomas J. Herd, Christopher D. K. Stroud, Rhonda M. Testing variations within the Tagish Lake meteorite—I: Mineralogy and petrology of pristine samples |
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Testing variations within the Tagish Lake meteorite—I: Mineralogy and petrology of pristine samples |
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Testing variations within the Tagish Lake meteorite—I: Mineralogy and petrology of pristine samples |
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Testing variations within the Tagish Lake meteorite—I: Mineralogy and petrology of pristine samples |
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Testing variations within the Tagish Lake meteorite—I: Mineralogy and petrology of pristine samples |
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Testing variations within the Tagish Lake meteorite—I: Mineralogy and petrology of pristine samples |
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testing variations within the tagish lake meteorite—i: mineralogy and petrology of pristine samples |
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