[meteorite-list] Acapulcoites are the third most common meteoritetype.
David Weir
dgweir at earthlink.net
Wed Feb 15 15:22:43 EST 2006
Hello Martin,
As for NWA 725, here are the details as Stan shared them with me:
Recent O-isotopic analysis of a probable paired stone (number pending)
by the Open University resolves the material clearly within the
winonaite field:
"In particular, the D17O value of -0.431 is in reasonable agreement with
the mean value of -0.48 for the winonaite-IAB iron-IIICD iron group
determined by Clayton and Mayeda (1996)."
In addition, when plotted on a diagram comparing the D17O-isotopic value
vs. Fa mol% in olivine (Rumble, III et al., 2005), NWA 725 (Fa 6.1;
D17O-isotopic value taken from the paired stone [Turecki, 2005; pers.
comm.]) and the winonaites NWA 1463 (Fa 7.4; D17O = -0.45), NWA
1457 (Fa 5; D17O = -0.40 ±0.03), and NWA 1058 (Fa 6.5; D17O =
-0.53) all plot very close together within the winonaite field.
The inference can thus be made that NWA 725 is actually a winonaite,
likely paired with the primitive winonaites NWA 1463 and 1058.
David
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