[meteorite-list] C-Chondrites and Shock

[Matt Morgan]

Or maybe Ureilites are severly shocked C-Chondrites.
Thanks for the reply.

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Matt Morgan
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bernd.pauli at paulinet.de wrote:

>Matt inquired:
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>>Aren't the C-Chondrites only aqueously altered and not shocked by 
>>impact? I read this a while back, but I am not clear on the subject.
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>Well, my C-chondrites were severely shocked
>when they learnt who they belonged to  :-))
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>Hello Matt and List,
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>Carbonaceous chondrites have been subject to impact shock just like
>many other meteorites and they comprise almost the whole shock stage
>gamut from S1 (Acfer 082, CV3 for example) to S4 (HaH 281). There are,
>however, no carbonaceous chondrites in my databases that are S5 or S6.
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>Here are some examples:
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>S1 - Acfer 202, CO3
>S2 - Gujba, CB3a
>S3 - Bali, CV3.0
>S4 - Sahara 98044, CV
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>Why there are no severely shocked carbonaceous chondrites, I do not
>know. Maybe they wouldn't have survived S5 or S6 or maybe we just
>haven't found any yet. Any opinions?
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>Best regards,
>
>Bernd
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