Abstract: | Abstract— The measurements of magnesium and potassium isotopic compositions of refractory minerals in Allende calcium‐aluminum‐rich inclusions (CAIs), 7R‐19–1, HN3–1, and EGG3 were taken by secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). The 7R‐19–1 contains 16O‐rich and 16O‐poor melilite grains and define a single isochron corresponding to an initial 26Al/27Al ratio of (6.6 ± 1.3) × 10?5. The Al‐Mg isochron, O isotope measurements and petrography of melilite in 7R‐19–1 indicate that 16O‐poor melilite crystallized within 0.4 Myr after crystallization of 16O‐rich melilite, suggesting that oxygen isotopic composition of the CAI‐forming region changed from 16O‐rich to 16O‐poor within this time interval. The 16O‐poor melilite is highly depleted in K compared to the adjacent 16O‐rich melilite, indicating evaporation during remelting of 7R‐19–1. We determined the isochron for 41Ca‐41K isotopic systematics in EGG3 pyroxene with (4.1 ± 2.0) × 10?9 (2s?) as an initial ratio of 41Ca/40Ca, which is at least two times smaller than the previous result (Sahijipal et al. 2000). The ratio of 41Ca/40Ca in the EGG3 pyroxene grain agrees within error with the value obtained by Hutcheon et al. (1984). No evidence for the presence of 41K excess (decay product of a short‐lived radionuclide 41Ca) was found in 7R‐19–1 and HN3–1. We infer that the CAI had at least an order of magnitude lower than canonical 41Ca/40Ca ratio at the time of the CAI formation. |