Light element geochemistry of the Chelyabinsk meteorite

The spectacular arrival of a huge meteorite in central Siberia on February 15th 2013 was the largest event of its kind for more than a hundred years. Oxygen isotope analysis reveals the object involved was an ordinary chondrite of type LL. Petrological examination of the material analysed shows two main lithologies, metamorphic grade 5, were present both having veins of shock produced glass. All three types of material were investigated for carbon, nitrogen and noble gas content and isotopic compositions. The relatively low abundance of carbon and nitrogen indicate that Chelyabinsk is uncontaminated by comparison with other samples in meteorite collections so that indigenous components may be recognized. All the samples studied contained minimal amounts of cosmogenic and primordial noble gases, evidence that the pre-atmospheric size of the object was large, greater than two metres in diameter and that the explosion and break-up was accompanied by catastrophic degassing. The implications for other major meteorite falls and the Tunguska event are discussed.     

Analytical results for the material of the Chelyabinsk meteorite

This paper presents the results of the mineralogical, petrographic, elemental, and isotopic analysis of the Chelyabinsk meteorite and their geochemical interpretation. It was shown that the meteorite can be assigned to LL5-group ordinary chondrites and underwent moderate shock metamorphism (stage S4). The Chelyabinsk meteorite contains a significant fraction (approximately one-third by volume) of shock-melted material similar in composition to the main volume of the meteorite. The results of isotopic analysis suggest that the history of meteorite formation included an impact event approximately 290 Ma ago.     

A Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd isotope geochronology and trace element study of lunar meteorite LaPaz Icefield 02205

Rubidium-strontium and samarium-neodymium isotopes of lunar meteorite LaPaz Icefield (LAP) 02205 are consistent with derivation of the parent magma from a source region similar to that which produced the Apollo 12 low-Ti olivine basalts followed by mixing of the magma with small amounts (1-2 wt%) of trace element-enriched material similar to lunar KREEP-rich sample SaU 169. The crystallization age of LAP 02205 is most precisely dated by an internal Rb-Sr isochron of 2991 ± 14 Ma, with an initial ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁸Sr at the time of crystallization of 0.699836 ± 0.000010. Leachable REE-rich phosphate phases of LAP 02205 do not plot on a Sm-Nd mineral isochron, indicating contamination or open system behavior of the phosphates. Excluding anomalous phases from the calculation of a Sm-Nd isochron yields a crystallization age of 2992 ± 85 (initial ε¹⁴³Nd = +2.9 ± 0.8) that is within error of the Rb-Sr age, and in agreement with other independent age determinations for LAP 02205 from Ar-Ar and U-Pb methods. The calculated ¹⁴⁷Sm/¹⁴⁴Nd source ratios for LAP 02205, various Apollo 12 and 15 basalts, and samples with strong affinities to KREEP (SaU 169, NWA 773, 15386) are uncorrelated with their crystallization ages. This finding does not support the involvement of a common KREEP component as a heat source for lunar melting events that occurred after crystallization of the lunar magma ocean.     

Magnetic properties of the Chelyabinsk meteorite: Preliminary results

This paper presents the distribution of magnetic susceptibility, χ₀, in fragments of the Chelyabinsk ordinary chondrite (LL5, S4, W0, fall of February 15, 2013) from the collection of the Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, and results obtained by standard magnetic techniques for the meteorite material, including thermomagnetic analysis, measurements of natural remanent magnetization (NRM) and saturation isothermal remanent magnetization (SIRM), as well as the spectra of their alternating field demagnetization at amplitudes up to 170 mT, measurements of hysteresis loops and back-field remanence demagnetization curves at temperatures from 10 K to 700°C etc. The mean logχ₀ values for the light-colored (main) lithology of the meteorite material and impact-melt breccia from our collection are 4.54 ± 0.10 (n = 66) and 4.65 ± 0.09 (n = 38) (×10^?9 m³/kg), respectively. According to international magnetic classification of meteorites, Chelyabinsk falls within the range of LL5 chondrites. The mean metal content was estimated from the saturation magnetization, M _s, of the light- and dark-colored lithologies as 3.7 and 4.1 wt %, respectively. Hence, the dark lithology is richer in metal. The metal grains are multidomain at room temperature and show low coercive force, B _c (<2 mT) and remanent coercive force, B _cr (15–23 mT). The thermomagnetic analyses of the samples showed that the magnetic properties of the Chelyabinsk meteorite are controlled mainly by taenite and kamacite at temperatures >75 K. In the temperature range below 75 K, magnetic properties are controlled by chromite; the magnetic hardness of the samples is maximal at 10 K and equals to 606 and 157 mT for the light- and dark-colored lithologies, respectively.     

鄂尔多斯盆地能源矿产氯仿沥青Sm-Nd同位素研究

对鄂尔多斯盆地石油、煤、含铀砂岩及其围岩的氯仿沥青进行了Sm-Nd同位素研究。结果表明,盆地流体(包括深部流体)活动具有多期性,且后期的流体活动对铀矿床的形成具有重要作用;赋存于同一套地层中的含铀砂岩沥青、煤沥青及石油沥青,虽然均具有富集地幔特征,但并非同期活动的产物;东胜矿区侏罗系直罗组煤沥青和盆地西南部陈家山矿区侏罗系延安组的煤沥青,源区时代上存在较大差异,伴生沥青并非全部由煤的热演化形成,可能还存在外来流体的加入,且东胜直罗组煤的伴生沥青较延安组煤的伴生沥青来源深度更大;盆地内马岭油田的直罗组石油沥青、陈家山延安组煤层石油沥青及其煤沥青在源区特征上具有内在联系。     

Oxygen isotope equilibrium between eclogite minerals and its constraints on mineral Sm-Nd chronometer

Sm-Nd and oxygen isotope analyses were carried out for mineral separates of ultrahigh pressure eclogites from the Sulu terrane in eastern China. The results show a direct correspondence in equilibrium or disequilibrium state between the oxygen and Sm-Nd isotope systems of eclogite minerals. The omphacite-garnet pairs of oxygen isotope equilibrium at eclogite-facies conditions yield meaningful Triassic Sm-Nd isochron ages, whereas those of oxygen isotope disequilibrium give non-Triassic ages of geological meaninglessness. This can be reasonably interpreted by the fact that the rates of oxygen diffusion in garnet and pyroxene are lower than, or close to, those of Nd diffusion, and thus attainment of isotopic equilibrium in the omphacite-garnet O system suggests achievement of Nd isotope equilibrium in the same mineral pairs. The presence or absence of fluid in the eclogite protoliths is a major rate-controlling factor for isotopic equilibration during high-grade metamorphism. It appears that the state of oxygen isotope equilibrium between cogenetic minerals can provide a critical test for the validity of the Sm-Nd mineral chronometer. In addition, the exact timing of the ultrahigh pressure metamorphism in the Dabie-Sulu terranes is constrained at Early Triassic rather than Late Triassic.     

车里雅宾斯克(Chelyabinsk)陨石的岩石矿物特征与冲击变质作用

2013年2月15日,俄罗斯车里雅宾斯克(Chelyabinsk)发生了伴随罕见的空中爆炸的大规模陨石雨事件。本文对3块代表不同冲击变质程度的车里雅宾斯克陨石碎块进行了研究。它们都具有部分熔壳,其中1块仅出现碎裂,1块含有冲击熔融细脉,1块基本由冲击熔融囊和冲击熔脉组成。冲击变质程度最低的样品,代表了该陨石母体小行星的原始岩石矿物学特征:即具有粗粒的岩石结构和均一的矿物化学组成,但仍保留一些残余球粒,表明受到了明显的热变质作用,其岩石类型可划分为5型。铁镁质硅酸盐高的Fe O含量(橄榄石Fa:27.9mol%~28.2mol%,辉石Fs值:23.3mol%~23.7mol%)、以及较低的Fe-Ni金属含量,表明其化学群属于低铁低金属的LL群。我们所分析的样品与前人报导的结果相似,未发现不同岩性的岩屑,表明车里雅宾斯克陨石的原始岩矿特征较为均一。3块陨石碎块中,随着冲击程度的增强,其冲击变质特征依次表现为硅酸盐矿物的破碎、熔长石化更为普遍、陨硫铁与铁镍合金共熔、硅酸盐熔脉的形成、铬铁矿与长石共熔、以及大量熔融囊的发育等。但是,在冲击熔融囊和熔脉中,以及相邻围岩中均未发现高压矿物相。熔脉中的橄榄石晶屑和相邻围岩的橄榄石颗粒表现为化学成分的不均一,在背散射电子图像中呈不同灰度的结构。这与其他强烈冲击变质陨石中橄榄石的林伍德石或瓦茨利石相变相似。该陨石中林伍德石或瓦茨利石的缺失很可能是由于强烈撞击后高温产生的退变质。这也表明车里雅宾斯克陨石的母体小行星可能遭受了非常强烈的撞击事件。     

Raman identification of calcite grains in the Chelyabinsk meteorite

Samples of the Chelyabinsk meteorite fallen in February 15, 2013, near Chelyabinsk, Russia, are analyzed by Raman spectroscopy. Olivines (forsterite), orthopyoxenes (enstatite), plagioclases (albite), iron oxides and sulfides, as well as calcite and, possibly, parisite were identified among mineral phases. Results were verified using scanning electron microscope with an energy-dispersive system (SEM-EDX). Data were compared with available materials on calcites from ordinary meteorites.     

胶南榴辉岩矿物氧同位素平衡及其Sm-Nd年代学制约

对苏鲁地体中的胶南榴辉岩进行了矿物氧同位素分析，并与同一手标本矿物的Sm-Nd内部等时线定年和Nd-Sr同位素分布进行了对比。研究表明，石榴子石与绿辉石之间的氧同位素平衡与否能够对矿物Sm-Nd同位素体系的平衡状况和内部等时线定年结果的有效性给予直接制约。合理的石榴子石＋绿辉石Sm-Nd内部等时线年龄产于两矿物之间达到并在峰变质条件下保持氧同位素平衡的样品中，而两矿物之间处于氧同位素不平衡的样品不能给出正确的Sm-Nd内部等时线年龄。同一矿物在手标本尺度出现显著的O-Nd-Sr同位素不均一性，据此对这些元素在石榴子石和绿辉石中的扩散速率顺序进行了估计，不仅得到了与实验扩散系数相吻合的结果，而且由此估计出在峰变质条件下达到矿物内部同位素均一化所需要的时间应大于10Ma。     

西秦岭甘南早子沟金锑矿床白云石Sm-Nd同位素地球化学及其意义

西秦岭造山带广泛发育脉状金锑矿化,但其成矿时代和成矿物质来源仍存在争议,影响了对该区矿床成因的深入认识。甘南早子沟超大型金锑矿床位于西秦岭造山带,矿体赋存于三叠系古浪堤组板岩和中酸性侵入岩内,包括蚀变岩型矿化和脉状矿化两种样式,是研究脉状金锑矿化成矿年代学和成矿物质来源的理想选区。本研究选择早子沟金锑矿床脉状矿化中与辉锑矿、金密切共生的白云石为研究对象,系统分析了其Sm、Nd同位素组成。结果表明,早子沟金锑矿床脉状矿化白云石Sm含量为0. 3221×10~(-6)～4. 918×10~(-6),Nd含量为0. 5667×10~(-6)～22. 76×10~(-6)。147Sm/144Nd和143Nd/144Nd分别为0. 1306～0. 2891和0. 511847～0. 512141,Sm-Nd假等时线年龄为282. 5±5. 1Ma。白云石εNd(0)为-15. 42～-9. 70,εNd(t)为-13. 66～-12. 19,tDM2为2. 03～2. 10Ga,变化范围相对较窄,表明样品源区相同。εNd(t)值与秦岭及其周边地区对比显示,早子沟金锑矿床成矿流体与英安斑岩围岩具有相同的Nd源区,可能来源于扬子板块北缘或南秦岭的古元古代结晶基底。白云石Sm/Nd分馏很弱且成矿流体混染了古元古代结晶基底物质可能是Sm-Nd假等时线产生的原因。这表明白云石Sm-Nd同位素体系可能无法为西秦岭广泛发育的脉状(金)锑矿床提供正确年代学信息。     

The substance of the Chelyabinsk meteorite: Results of geochemical and thermomagnetic studies

The fragments of the Chelyabinsk meteorite studied are represented by light-gray granular rock of chondritic structure. The chondrules and their cementing matter are mainly constituted by olivine and orthopyroxene. The matrix consists of a pyroxene-olivine aggregate with plagioclase, apatite, melted glass, and the inclusions of ore minerals: taenite, kamacite, troilite, pyrrhotite and pentlandite (more rarely), and individual grains of chromite and ilmenite. The comparison of the composition of the Chelyabinsk meteorite to the average composition of LL chondrites had shown their complete convergence. The concentrations of sidero- and chalcophile rare elements in the meteorite, normalized to CI chondrites, are much close to the values for LL chondrites and almost reproduce the character of their distribution in the spider diagram. However, some high-charged and lithophile elements (Nb, Zr, Hf, Sr, Ba, Th, and U) not belonging to the mentioned groups are characterized by somewhat increased contents. The enrichment of the samples of the Chelyabinsk meteorite in rare-earth elements compared to LL chondrite (5.18 against 3.58 ppm) is also revealed. This is related to the higher concentrations of light lanthanides in the meteorite samples, which is seen from the increased La/Yb ratio compared to the value for LL chondrite (1.9–2.3 and 1.4, respectively). Iron-nickel alloys are the main magnetism carriers in the Chelyabinsk meteorite. The compositions of kamacite, taenite, chromite, and Fe-sulfides are not much different. The optical and microprobe data are confirmed by the thermomagnetic parameters as well: (1) The specific magnetization of 4–6 Am²/kg points to small variations in the concentrations of magnetic minerals. (2) The M(T) curves for all the samples nearly repeat each other, and the Curie temperatures of 490–520 and 740–770°C are registered in the curves of the first and second heating, hence, these curves correspond to kamacite of various composition, right up to pure iron. (3) The monocline ferrimagnetic pyrrhotite of T_C = 320–340°C is registered in the treated fragments in both the M(T) curves of heating and cooling. (4) The concentrations by thermomagnetic analysis amount to 0.6–1.6% (0.9% average) for kamacite, 0.7–1.5% (1.1% average) for taenite, and 0–1.5% (0.4% average) for monocline pyrrhotite. (5) No magnetite was found in the M(T) curve during the first heating of the samples. Hence, the content of magnetite is much below 0.1.     

Mayenite-supergroup minerals from burned dump of the Chelyabinsk Coal Basin

Three minerals of the mayenite supergroup have been found in fluorellestadite-bearing metacarbonate rock (former fragment of petrified wood of ankeritic composition) from the dump at the Baturinskaya-Vostochnaya-1-2 mine. These are eltyubyuite Ca₁₂Fe1°Si₄O3₂Cl6, its fluorine analog Ca₁₂Fe₁₀³⁺Si₄O₃₀F₁₀, and chlormayenite-wadalite Ca₁₂(Al,Fe)₁₄O₃₂Cl₂-Ca₁₂(Al,Fe)₁₀Si₄O₃₂Cl₂. The first two phases occur in the reaction mantle around hematite, magnesioferrite, and Ca-ferrite aggregates (“calciohexaferrite” CaFe₁₂O₁₉, “grandiferrite” CaFe₄O₇, and “dorrite phase” Ca₂(Fe₅^3 +Mn0^0.5Mg_0.5)(Si_0.5Fe_5.5³⁺)O₂₀) and, rarely, as individuals in grained aggregates of fluorellestadite-cuspidine (± lar- nite ± rusinovite Ca₁₀(Si₂O₇)₃Cl₂). Assemblages of zoned chlormayenite-wadalite crystals are found in grained aggregates of fluorellestadite- cuspidine, which lack Ca-ferrite. Also, harmunite CaFe₂O₄, chlorellestadite, fluorapatite, anhydrite, rondorfite CasMg(SiO₄)₄Cl₂, fluorine analog of rondorfite CasMg(SiO₄)₄F₂, “Mg-cuspidine” Ca_3.5(Mg,Fe)_0.5(Si₂O₇)F₂, fluorite, barioferrite BaFe₁₂O₁9, zhangpeishanite BaFCl, and other rare phases are identified in this rock. Data on the chemical composition and Raman spectroscopy of the mayenite-supergroup minerals are given. The genesis of metacarbonate rock is considered in detail: “oxidizing calcination” of Ca-Fe-carbonates with the formation of hematite and lime; reaction between hematite and lime with the formation of different Ca-ferrites; formation of larnite as a result of reaction between SiO₂ and lime or CaCO₃; and reactionary impact of hot Cl-F-S-bearing gases on early assemblages. Eltyubyuite and its fluorine analog crystallized at the stages of gas impact. It is presumed that the maximum temperature during the formation of rock reached 1200–1230 °C. © 2015, V.S. Sobolev IGM, Siberian Branch of the RAS. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.     

铁氧化物氧同位素示踪原理及其在铁矿成因研究中的应用

铁氧化物(以磁铁矿和赤铁矿最为常见)是铁矿床中最主要的含铁矿物,其氧同位素地球化学对于铁矿的成因研究具有重要意义。本文在总结了铁氧化物氧同位素分馏理论、不同成因类型铁矿形成过程的基础上,对世界主要类型铁矿铁氧化物的氧同位素组成特征和分馏规律进行了总结,并以新疆智博、查岗诺尔、备战海相火山岩型铁矿为例,开展了磁铁矿氧同位素地球化学研究。结果发现,这些铁矿中磁铁矿氧同位素组成δ18OSMOW集中在1‰～3‰之间,表明其形成于岩浆作用主导的高温岩浆/岩浆-热液环境,后期低温热液作用对铁的成矿作用影响有限。     

福建行洛坑钨矿床白钨矿Sm-Nd等时线年龄及微量元素地球化学特征

行洛坑超大型钨矿床位于福建省宁化县东部,是武夷山成矿带内最大的钨矿床,具有储量大、品位低、黑钨矿与白钨矿资源量相近的特点。白钨矿作为含钨矿物,其形成年龄可以代表矿床的成矿时代,其地球化学特征反映了成矿作用环境和过程。文章在对行洛坑钨矿床钨矿脉特征、黑钨矿与白钨矿赋存状态开展调查的基础上,挑选白钨矿单矿物进行了Sm-Nd等时线测年和微量元素测试。研究结果显示,白钨矿结晶年龄为（142.6±2.8）Ma,略小于黑钨矿原位U-Pb年龄（150.5±8.1）Ma和石英流体包裹体Rb-Sr等时线年龄（147.5±2.9）Ma,与矿区隐伏岩体成岩年龄143.5~149.5 Ma在误差范围内完全吻合,也与矿物结晶世代关系吻合,都属于晚侏罗世的产物,说明钨成矿与隐伏岩体成岩近于同时或稍晚发生。白钨矿中微量及稀土元素特征显示第一世代成矿流体中Eu³⁺ < < Eu²⁺,指示成矿流体为还原性流体;第二世代成矿流体中Eu³⁺ > > Eu²⁺,指示成矿流体为氧化性流体。行洛坑钨矿成矿与华南中生代大规模成矿作用及其大地构造背景和动力学环境密切相关。     

Analysis of selected samples of the Chelyabinsk meteorite for organic compounds by synchronous spectrofluorimetry

Analyses of some samples of the Chelyabinsk meteorite suggest that the meteoritic material can contain a mixture of complex organic compounds.     

河南祁雨沟金成矿系统辉钼矿Re-Os年龄和锆石U-Pb年龄及Hf同位素地球化学

河南祁雨沟金矿位于秦岭造山带最北部,属典型的角砾岩筒型成矿系统。矿区16号角砾岩筒下伏斑岩体锆石的ε_Hf(t)值为-10.50~-14.43,Hf模式年龄为2.57~2.93Ga,表明花岗斑岩主要来源于古老下地壳的部分熔融。锆石LA-ICPMS U-Pb年龄为134.1±2.3Ma,与7号角砾岩筒中的辉钼矿Re-Os等时线年龄135.6±5.6Ma一致。这些年龄数据与熊耳山地区燕山期花岗岩体的侵位年龄基本相同,共同指示其形成于地壳缩短增厚之后的伸展减薄过程。熊耳地体的地壳缩短增厚缘于同碰撞时期沿马超营断裂带的A型俯冲作用,而A型俯冲导致了包括祁雨沟金矿系统、燕山期花岗岩类和脉状造山型矿床在内的熊耳矿集区的形成。     

大别山双河超高压变质矿物O同位素平衡及其对Sm-Nd和Rb-Sr等时线年龄有效性的制约

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