[meteorite-list] Any irons/stony-irons linked to known stones?

Alan Rubin aerubin at ucla.edu
Tue Aug 31 12:19:24 EDT 2010


Most folks believe that the chondrites are from undifferentiated, unmelted 
asteroids.  Hence, they would not be expected to have iron cores.  That 
said, those researchers who believe that asteroids are heated internally 
(the majority), by the decay of short-lived radionuclides like Al-26, aver 
that the interiors of asteroids are highly metamorphosed.  Some might 
suggest that the deep interiors were partially melted.  If asteroids were 
heated mainly be collisions (a minority viewpoint that I share), then the 
interiors wouldn't be expected to be appreciably hotter than the surfaces 
and the asteroids would remain undifferentiated.


Alan Rubin
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University of California
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Melanie Matthews" <miss_meteorite at yahoo.ca>
To: "Jeff Kuyken" <info at meteorites.com.au>; <barrat at univ-brest.fr>
Cc: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Any irons/stony-irons linked to known stones?


> Is it theorized that the parent asteroids of ordinary and carbonaceous
> chondrites, might be differentiated with iron cores?
>
>
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Jeff Kuyken <info at meteorites.com.au>
> To: barrat at univ-brest.fr; Melanie Matthews <miss_meteorite at yahoo.ca>
> Cc: Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Tue, August 31, 2010 4:54:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Any irons/stony-irons linked to known 
> stones?
>
> I've been reading up recently on various parent-bodies etc and there are a 
> bunch
> of theories out there regarding various irons and stones. One that I can 
> think
> of off the top of my head is that some consider the Horse Creek iron to 
> have a
> potential origin in common with the Aubrites and/or Enstatite Chondrites.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <barrat at univ-brest.fr>
> To: "Melanie Matthews" <miss_meteorite at yahoo.ca>
> Cc: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 4:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Any irons/stony-irons linked to known 
> stones?
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> at present, excepted winonaites with IAB irons, no known group of iron is
>> connected to a group of achondrite.
>>
>> The situation is slightly different for mesosiderites and pallasites. The
>> silicate portion of the mesosiderites is certainly linked to HEDs but the
> metal
>> and the silicates are not genetically linked. Concerning pallasites, they 
>> have
>> been considered to be linked with IIIAB irons, but that's really unlikely 
>> (see
>> the recent paper in PSRD by Scott...).
>>
>> Again, it is unlikely that the large impact basin in Vesta displays the 
>> core
> of
>> the body...
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> Jean-Alix
>>
>>
>>
>> Selon Melanie Matthews <miss_meteorite at yahoo.ca>:
>>
>>> Are any chondrites and/or achondrites suspected as originating from the 
>>> same
>>> parent body as any known irons and stony-irons?
>>>
>>>
>>> Someone mentioned something asking about the possibility of some irons 
>>> coming
>>> from 4 Vesta in another thread, not too long ago...
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>>  -----------
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