[meteorite-list] C-Chondrites and Shock

Lars Pedersen lbp at privat.tdcadsl.dk
Wed Mar 23 15:28:12 EST 2005


>Maybe they wouldn't have survived S5 or S6 or maybe
> we just haven't found any yet. Any opinions?


can it be that cc parent bodies are more fragile than oc parent bodies ?

I mean that they break apart earlier.......  ???

Best
Lars
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Morgan" <mmorgan at mhmeteorites.com>
To: <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
Cc: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:17 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] C-Chondrites and Shock


> 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:
>>
>>  
>>
>>>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.
>>>    
>>>
>>
>>Well, my C-chondrites were severely shocked
>>when they learnt who they belonged to  :-))
>>
>>Hello Matt and List,
>>
>>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.
>>
>>Here are some examples:
>>
>>S1 - Acfer 202, CO3
>>S2 - Gujba, CB3a
>>S3 - Bali, CV3.0
>>S4 - Sahara 98044, CV
>>
>>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?
>>
>>Best regards,
>>
>>Bernd
>>
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