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The petrology of the Mount Padbury mesosiderite and its achondrite enclaves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

G. J. H. McCall
G. J. H. McCall*
Affiliation:
University of Western Australia, Geology Department.Western Australian Museum
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Summary

The petrography of the Mount Padbury meteorite, previously briefly recorded, is described in some detail. Both the metalliferous host material of the mesosiderite and the varied range of silicate-rich, virtually metal-free enclaves (including both familiar achondrite material and unfamiliar achondrite material) are described. Eucrite, brecciated eucrite, and a peculiar ‘shocked’ form of eucrite (resembling some terrestrial flaser-gabbros) are the calcium-rich achondrite types represented; hypersthene achondrite (including typical diogenite material and unfamiliar material) and olivine achondrite (granular aggregates of olivine not entirely similar to the unique chassignite and single crystals up to 4 in. in length) are the calcium-poor achondrite types represented. The eucrite displays more or less uniform mineralogy, but the mineral constituents are present in varying proportions, and there is a wide range of textural variations recognized. The silicate grain fragments enclosed in the metallic reticulation to form the mesosiderite host material are, significantly, entirely of minerals seen within the achondrite enclaves—plagioclase, hypersthene, pigeonite, olivine, and tridymite.

These results include microscopic analysis of thin sections and polished sections, X-ray diffraction studies, optical determination of refractive indices using mineral grain mounts, and chemical analyses.

The wider implications of this new and unique meteorite find are briefly considered.

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Research Article
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Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 36 , Issue 276 , December 1966 , pp. 1029 - 1060
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1966

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