GLOWING OLIVINE - 16.89 gram FUKANG Meteorite pallasite -TRANSLUCENT

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GLOWING OLIVINE - 16.89 gram FUKANG Meteorite pallasite -TRANSLUCENT:
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About this particular meteorite from the Meteoritical Bulletin:Fukang Basic informationName: Fukang
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: China
Mass: 1 t
Classification
history:Meteoritical Bulletin:MB 90(2006)Pallasite-Main grRecommended:Pallasite, PMG [explanation]
This is 1 of 40 approved meteorites classified as Pallasite, PMG.[show all]
Search for other: Metal-rich meteorites, Main group pallasites, and Pallasites
Comments:Approved 3 Feb 2006
Revised 26 May 2009: Revised pallasite classifications WriteupWriteup from MB 90:

Fukang 44°26′N, 87°38′E

Fukang, Xinjiang Province

Find: 2000

Pallasite (main group)

History: An anonymous finder recovered a 1003 kgspecimen near Fukang, China, in 2000. The sample was at the Tucson Gem andMineral Show in February 2005, and seen by D. S. Lauretta of UAz.Approximately 20 kg had been removed from the main mass by the finder beforethe Tuscon show and the mass investigated at UAz was 983 kg. (D. S.Lauretta, D. Hill, M. Killgore, D. Della-Giustina, Y. Goreva, UAz; I. Franchi, OpenU).

Petrography and Geochemistry: Olivine: Throughout thelarge mass, olivines vary in shape from rounded to angular; many are fractured.They range in size from <5 mm to several cm. The main pallasite containsseveral regions of “massive” olivine clusters up to 11 cm in diameter with thinmetal veins only a few millimeters in width. Fo86.4 with molar Fe/Mg= 0.1367, Fe/Mn = 40.37, and Ni = 0.03 wt%. Zoning was not observed for Al, Cr,Ca, Mn, or Fe typical of olivines in main-group pallasites. Metal and sulfides:Groundmass is mostly kamacite with some occurrences of kamacite mantlessurrounding taenite cores, rounded taenite adjacent to kamacite, and regions of“comb plessite. ” Kamacite contains an average Ni = 6.98 wt%. Schreibersite isenclosed by wide kamacite bands and as mantles adjacent to olivines. Twopopulations of schreibersite are present with Ni = 26 and 35 wt% near chromite.Vermicular sulfide (troilite) is present in some olivine. Thin veins ofkamacite and troilite occur inside many olivines as well. Minor phases:Euhedral chromites up to 0.5 cm, rounded whitlockite adjacent to olivine, andtroilite heterogeneously distributed in thin veins. Several regions, rangingfrom <100 µm to several millimeters, that contain a complex mixture ofolivine, low-Ca pyroxene, troilite, and whitlockite were observed adjacent tochromite. Bulk composition: Fe = 89.9 ± 0.3, Ni = 9.0 ± 0.2, P = 0.62 ± 0.02,Co = 0.51 ± 0.01 (all wt%); Ge = 41 ± 4, As = 26 ± 5, Ga = 19.1 ± 0.5, Pd = 5.1± 0.2, Au = 2.6 ± 0.2, (all µg/g); Ir = 43 ± 4 ng/g. Oxygen isotopes: δ18O= 2.569, δ17O = 1.179, ∆1 7O = −0.157 (all ‰).

Classification: Pallasite (main group).

Specimens: A total of 31 kg of type specimen is ondeposit at UAz. M. Killgore holds a total of 31 kg. An anonymouscollector holds the main mass.

Plots: O isotopes: Institutions
and collections UAz: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, 1629 E. University Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721, United States (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012)
Killgore: Marvin and Kitty Killgore, Southwest Meteorite Laboratory, P.O. Box 95, Payson, AZ 85547, United States; Website (private address)
OpenU: Planetary and Space SciencesDepartment of Physical SciencesThe Open UniversityWalton HallMilton KeynesMK7 6AAUnited Kingdom, United Kingdom (institutional address; updated 8 Dec 2011)
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