Li, Shijie; Wang, Shijie; Leya, Ingo; Li, Yang; Li, Xiongyao; Smith, Thomas (2017). Petrology, mineralogy, porosity, and cosmic-ray exposure history of Huaxi ordinary chondrite. Meteoritics & planetary science, 52(5), pp. 937-948. Meteoritical Society at the University of Arkansas, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry 10.1111/maps.12842
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A meteorite fall was heard and collected on July 13, 2010 at about 18:00 (local time) in the Shibanjing village of the Huaxi district of Guiyang, Guizhou province, China. The total mass of the fall is estimated to be at least 1.6 kg; some fragments are missing. The meteorite consists mainly of olivine, low-Ca pyroxene, high-Ca pyroxene, plagioclase, kamacite, taenite, and troilite. Minor phases include chromite and apatite. Various textural
types of chondrules exist in this meteorite: most chondrule textures can be easily defined.
The grain sizes of secondary plagioclase in this meteorite range from 2 to 50 lm. The
chemical composition of olivine and low-Ca pyroxene are uniform; Fa in olivine and Fs in
low-Ca pyroxene are, respectively, 19.6 ± 0.2 and 17.0 ± 0.3 (mole%). Huaxi has been
classified as an H5 ordinary chondrite, with a shock grade S2, and weathering W0. The
weak shock features, rare fractures, and the high porosity (17.6%) indicates that Huaxi is a less compacted meteorite. The preatmospheric radius of Huaxi is ~11 cm, corresponding to ~21 kg. The meteorite experienced a relatively short cosmic-ray exposure of about
1.6 ± 0.1 Ma. The ⁴He and ⁴⁰Ar retention ages are older than 4.6 Ga implying that Huaxi
did not degas after thermal metamorphism on its parent body.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute > Space Research and Planetary Sciences |
UniBE Contributor: |
Leya, Ingo, Smith, Thomas |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 520 Astronomy 600 Technology > 620 Engineering 500 Science > 530 Physics |
ISSN: |
1086-9379 |
Publisher: |
Meteoritical Society at the University of Arkansas, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Dora Ursula Zimmerer |
Date Deposited: |
14 Dec 2017 08:44 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:08 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1111/maps.12842 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.106963 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/106963 |
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