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, .