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Sample Petrographic Description

Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample RBT 04262

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 RBT 04262
Lab Photo(s) :

Antarctic Meteorite Images for Sample RBT 04262
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References for Sample RBT04262
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Rahib, R.R., Udry, A., Howarth, G.H., Gross, J., Paquet, M., Combs, L.M., Laczniak, D.L., and Day, J.M., 2019, Mantle source to near-surface emplacement of enriched and intermediate poikilitic shergottites in Mars. , Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 266 , 463-496 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2019.07.034 .
Simkus, D. N., Aponte, J. C., Elsila, J. E., Parker, E. T., Glavin, D. P., & Dworkin, J. P., 2019, Methodologies for Analyzing Soluble Organic Compounds in Extraterrestrial Samples: Amino Acids, Amines, Monocarboxylic Acids, Aldehydes, and Ketones. , Life, 9 , 47 .
Kruijer, T. S., Kleine, T., Borg, L. E., Brennecka, G. A., Irving, A. J., Bischoff, A., & Agee, C. B. , 2017, The early differentiation of Mars inferred from Hf–W chronometry. . , Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 474 , 345-354 , http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.06.047 .
Sharp, Z., Williams, J., Shearer, C., Agee, C., McKeegan, K., 2016, The chlorine isotope composition of Martian meteorites 2. Implications for the early solar system and the formation of Mars. , Meteorit Planet Sci,, 51 , 2111–2126 , doi:10.1111/maps.12591 .
Sossi, P.A., Nebel, O., Anand, M., Poitrasson, F., 2016, On the iron isotope composition of Mars and volatile depletion in the terrestrial planets,. , Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 449 , 360-371 , ISSN 0012-821X .
McSween, H.Y., Harvey, R.P., and Corrigan, C.M., 2015, Meteorites from Mars, via Antarctica. 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. 131-143 .
Herzog, G.F., Caffee, M.W., and Jull, A.J.T., 2015, Cosmogenic Nuclides in Antarctic Meteorites. 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. 153-172 .
Bloch, E., Ganguly, J., 2014, 176 Lu-176 Hf and 147 Sm-143 Nd ages of the Martian shergottites: Evaluation of the shock-resetting hypothesis through diffusion kinetic experiments and modeling, and petrological observations. , Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 395 , 173-183 .
Callahan, M. P., Burton, A. S., Elsila, J. E., Baker, E. M., Smith, K. E., Glavin, D. P., Dworkin, J. P., 2013, A search for amino acids and nucleobases in the Martian meteorite Roberts Massif 04262 using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. , Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48 , 786-795 , http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maps.12103 .
Brandon, A. D., Puchtel, I. S., Walker, R. J., Day, J. M. D., Irving, A. J., Taylor, L. A., 2012, Evolution of the martian mantle inferred from the 187Re-187Os isotope and highly siderophile element abundance systematics of shergottite meteorites. , Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 76 , 1-Jan-12 , 206-235 , ISSN 0016-7037 , http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2011.09.047 .
Cartwright, J. A., Ocker, K. D., Crowther, S. A., Burgess, R., Gilmour, J. D., 2010, Terrestrial and Martian weathering signatures of xenon components in shergottite mineral separates. , Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 45 , 1359-1379 , http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01101.x .
Usui, T., Sanborn, M., Wadhwa, M., Mcsween Jr., H. Y, 2010, Petrology and trace element geochemistry of Robert Massif 04261 and 04262 meteorites, the first examples of geochemically enriched lherzolitic shergottites. , Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74 Issue 24 , 15-Dec-10 , 7283-7306 , ISSN 0016-7037 , http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2010.09.010 .
Bouvier, A., Blichert-Toft, J., Albarède, F., 2009, Martian meteorite chronology and the evolution of the interior of Mars. , Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 280 Issues 1-4 , 15-Apr-09 , 285-295 , ISSN 0012-821X , http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.01.042 .
Papike, J. J., Karner, J. M., Shearer, C. K., Burger, P. V., 2009, Silicate mineralogy of martian meteorites. , Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73 Issue 24 , 15-Dec-09 , 7443-7485 , ISSN 0016-7037 , http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2009.09.008 .
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