[meteorite-list] Chondritic parent bodies

[Alan Rubin]

John Wasson and I classified some meteorites as L/LL because we were 
uncertain of their proper classification.  Typical for these meteories, some 
properties indicate L, some indicate LL, and some could be truly 
intermediate between the established ranges.  This may mean that they are 
anomalous L chondrites, anomalous LL chondrites or, possibly, from a 
different parent body entirely that is intermediate in its properties.  Of 
course, some could be L, some could be LL and some could be intermediate. 
One way to decide would be to accumulate a lot of data on these guys and see 
if they have a cosmic-ray age peak that matches one of the main ones for L 
or LL or if it is unique.  This remains to be done.
Alan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Gheesling" <dave at fallingrocks.com>
To: <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>; <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Chondritic parent bodies


> Bernd, Alan, and List,
> Thank you both for the diplomatic and informative responses.  While we're 
> on
> the subject, might one of you (or anyone else) expand on, say, the L/LL6
> classification designation?  Holbrook was recently moved from an L6 to 
> such
> a classification, and I have a few others in my collection which are not
> breccias (and presumably are entirely from one parent body and not two) 
> but
> yet have this classification assigned to them...which, "by definition,"
> would imply connection with both the L and LL parent bodies, presumably
> anyway.
> Thanks, and all best,
> Dave
> www.fallingrocks.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
> Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 12:47 PM
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> Subject: [meteorite-list] Chondritic parent bodies
>
> Hello Dave, Alan, and List,
>
> Here is a paper that may be of interest with regard to LL chondrite parent
> bodies:
>
> Dixon E.T., Bogard D.D. and Garrison D.H. (2002) 40Ar-39Ar Chronology of 
> LL
> Chondrites (Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIII, 1114.pdf).
>
> They even discuss *three* models:
>
> 1. The onion-shell model
> 2. The rubble-pile model
> 3. The re-assembly model
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Bernd
>
>
>
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