[meteorite-list] Fukang Pallasite & Chinga Ungrouped?

Christian Anger christian.anger at aon.at
Sat Feb 18 14:23:54 EST 2006


Hi Mike,

look at 

http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php

click "what's new"

and you will see the new entry in the metbull #90.

Fukang is a main group pallasite.

Cheers,

Christian



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-
> bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Mike Fowler
> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 8:20 PM
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Cc: Mike Fowler
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Fukang Pallasite & Chinga Ungrouped?
> 
> Hi List,
> 
> I have a Chinga Iron in my collection listed as IVB Anomalous.
> According to this abstract, Chinga is Ungrouped.  Is this the latest
> consensus?  If so I will need a different meteorite to represent the
> IVB group in my collection.
> 
> > Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVII (2006) sess454.pdf
> > Honesto J. *   McDonough W. F.    Walker R. J.    Corrigan C. M.
> > McCoy T. J.    Chabot N. L.    Ash R. D.
> >
> > 187 Re-187Os Isotopic and Highly Siderophile Element Systematics of
> > Group IVB Irons, and Ungrouped Irons
> > Chinga, Tishomingo and Willow Grove [#1374]
> > IVB irons and the ungrouped irons Chinga, Tishomingo and Willow
> > Grove were analyzed for HSE abundances
> > and 187Re-187Os systematics. Chinga and Willow Grove cannot be
> > related to the IVBs by igneous fractionation.
> > Tishomingo is more ambiguous.
> >
> 
> Regarding the Fukang Pallasite, Arizona Skies states on their web
> site that Fukang is Ungrouped.  This is news to me.  I searched the
> internet and could find no info.  Can any one confirm the official
> classification of this pallasite?  Of course, if it is ungrouped,
> I'll have to add it to my collection as well!
> 
> Mike Fowler
> Chicago
> 
> 55 unique planetary bodies represented in my collection and counting!
> 
> PS  Of course, I went to David Weir's Meteorite Studies site first to
> get his take on these two irons, but neither one is listed yet!
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