Belgica-7904: A new carbonaceous chondrite from Antarctica; Minorelement chemistry of olivine

• Main Authors: Skirius,C., Steele,I.M., Smith,J.V.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago/Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago/Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago 1986
• Subjects: Murchison; Antarc*; Antarctica; Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=1968; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00001968/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=1968&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

Belgica-7904 is an unusual C2 meteorite which lacks pyroxene. It contains two groups of clasts, and three types of olivine distinguished by red, blue or no cathodoluminescence. Seven clasts in the first group are characterized by red forsterite ((Fo)_<99-98>) in a cryptocrystalline greenish-br...