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The olivine, pyroxene, and metal content of chondritic meteorites as a consequence of Prior's rule

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

Robert F. Mueller  and
Edward J. Olsen
Robert F. Mueller
Affiliation:
Department of Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, U.S.A.
Edward J. Olsen
Affiliation:
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois 60605, U.S.A.
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Summary

There is an important corollary to Prior's rule to the effect that as the state of oxidation of meteorites is increased the quantity of olivine increases relative to pyroxene and metallic iron. We have derived a rigorous parametric expression for this corollary and find that, as in the case of the quantitative interpretation of the rule itself, there is in this case also a fair correspondence to the observational data, so that the validity of the rule is further supported.

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Research Article
Information
Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 36 , Issue 279 , September 1967 , pp. 311 - 318
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1967

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