Origin of magnetite and pyrrhotite in carbonaceous chondrites

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Abstract

CARBONACEOUS chondrites, although comprising only about 2% of known meteorites, are extremely interesting for scientific investigation. Their mineral constitution, and the correspondence between their bulk chemical composition and the solar abundance of condensable elements, indicate that minimum chemical fractionation and thermal alteration have occurred. The mineral phases observed in these primitive chondrites are sufficiently unique, with respect to other meteorite classes, to have elicited considerable speculation about the physical environment in which they formed1–7.


Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Origin of magnetite and pyrrhotite in carbonaceous chondrites
Series title Nature
DOI 10.1038/253516a0
Volume 253
Issue 5492
Year Published 1975
Language English
Publisher Nature
Description 3 p.
First page 516
Last page 518
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