Antarctic Meteorite Petrographic Description

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Sample Petrographic Description

Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample GRA 98098
Field Photo(s) :
Field photo image(s) courtesy of the ANSMET (ANtarctic Search for METeorites) Program, Case Western Reserve University and the University of Utah

Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample GRA 98098
Lab Photo(s) :

Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample GRA 98098
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References for Sample GRA98098
Kumler, B., Day, J.M.D., 2021, Trace element variations generated by magmatic and post-crystallization processes in eucrite meteorites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 301, 211–229, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.03.002.
McCubbin, F.M., Lewis, J.A., Barnes, J.J., Elardo, S.M., and Boyce, J.W., 2021, The abundances of F, Cl, and H2O in eucrites: Implications for the origin of volatile depletion in the asteroid 4 Vesta. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 314, 270–293, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.08.021.
Jourdan, F., Kennedy, T., Benedix, G.K., Eroglu, E., and Mayer C., 2020, Timing of the magmatic activity and upper crustal cooling of differentiated asteroid 4 Vesta. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 273, 205-225, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2020.01.036.
Abernethy, F. A., Verchovsky, A. B., Franchi, I. A., & Grady, M. M., 2018, Basaltic volcanism on the angrite parent body: Comparison with 4 Vesta. Meteorit Planet Sci, 53, 375-393, doi:10.1111/maps.13016 .
Wu, N., Farquhar, J., Dottin, J. W. , Magalhães, N., 2018, Sulfur isotope signatures of eucrites and diogenites,. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 233, 1-13, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.05.002.
Sarafian, A. R., John, T., Roszjar, J., & Whitehouse, M. J. , 2017, Chlorine and hydrogen degassing in Vesta's magma ocean. . Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 459, 311-319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.10.029.
Mittlefehldt, D. W., 2015, Asteroid (4) Vesta: I. The howardite-eucrite-diogenite (HED) clan of meteorites. Chemie der Erde - Geochemistry, 75 Issue 2, Jun-15, 155-183, ISSN 0009-2819, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2014.08.002.
Beck, A. W., Lawrence, D. J., Peplowski, P. N., Prettyman, T. H., Mccoy, T. J., Mcsween, H. Y., Toplis, M. J., Yamashita, N., 2015, Using HED meteorites to interpret neutron and gamma-ray data from asteroidÿ4 Vesta. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 50, 1311-1337, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maps.12467.
Mittlefehldt, D.W., and McCoy, T.J., 2015, Achondrites and Irons: Products of Magmatism on Strongly Heated Asteroids. In Righter, K., Corrigan, C.M., McCoy, T.J., and Harvey, R.P. Meteorites: A Pictorial Guide to the Collection, First Edition, AGU Wiley, pp. 79-99.
Paniello, R. C., Moynier, F., Beck, P., Barrat, J. A., Podosek, F. A., Pichat, S., 2012, Zinc isotopes in HEDs: Clues to the formation of 4-Vesta, and the unique composition of Pecora Escarpment 82502. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 86, 1-Jun-12, 76-87, ISSN 0016-7037, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2012.01.045.
Mayne, R. G., Sunshine, J. M., Mcsween Jr., H. Y., Bus, S. J., Mccoy, T. J., 2011, The origin of Vesta's crust: Insights from spectroscopy of the Vestoids. Icarus, 214 Issue 1, Jul-11, 147-160, ISSN 0019-1035, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2011.04.013.
Mayne, R. G., Sunshine, J. M., Mcsween, H. Y., Mccoy, T. J., Corrigan, C. M., Gale, A., 2010, Petrologic insights from the spectra of the unbrecciated eucrites: Implications for Vesta and basaltic asteroids. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 45, 1074-1092, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01090.x.
Scott, E. R. D., Greenwood, R. C., Franchi, I. A., Sanders, I. S., 2009, Oxygen isotopic constraints on the origin and parent bodies of eucrites, diogenites, and howardites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73 Issue 19, 1-Oct-09, 5835-5853, ISSN 0016-7037, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2009.06.024.
Warren, P. H., Kallemeyn, G. W., Huber, H., Ulff-Møller, F., Choe, W., 2009, Siderophile and other geochemical constraints on mixing relationships among HED-meteoritic breccias. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73 Issue 19, 1-Oct-09, 5918-5943, ISSN 0016-7037, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2009.06.030.
Mayne, R. G., Mcsween Jr., H. Y, Mccoy, T. J., Gale, A., 2009, Petrology of the unbrecciated eucrites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73 Issue 3, 1-Feb-09, 794-819, ISSN 0016-7037, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2008.10.035.
Bogard, D. D., Garrison, D. H., 2003, 39Ar-40Ar ages of eucrites and thermal history of asteroid 4 Vesta. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 38, 669-710.
RELAB, , Reflectance Experiment Lab , catalogue of samples.