Meteorite Mineralogy

Meteorite Mineralogy
Author: Alan E. Rubin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2021-08-05
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1108484522

A comprehensive summary of the mineralogy of all meteorite groups and the origin of their minerals.

Suizhou Meteorite: Mineralogy and Shock Metamorphism

Suizhou Meteorite: Mineralogy and Shock Metamorphism
Author: Xiande Xie
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2015-09-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 366248479X

This book introduces the unusual shock-related mineralogical features of the shocked Suizhou L6 (S5) meteorite. The olivine and pyroxene in Suizhou display a mosaic shock feature, while most of plagioclase grains have transformed to glassy maskelynite. A few of the shock-induced melt veins in the meteorite are the simplest, straightest and thinnest ones among all shock-vein-bearing meteorites, and contain the most abundant high-pressure mineral species. Among the 11 identified species, tuite, xieite, and the post-spinel CF-phase of chromite are new minerals. The meteorite experienced a peak shock pressure up to 24 GPa and temperatures of up to 1000° C. Locally developed shock veins were formed at the same pressure, but at an elevated temperature of about 2000° C that was produced by localized shear-friction stress. The rapid cooling of the extremely thin shock veins is the main reason why 11 shock-induced high-pressure mineral phases could be preserved in them so well. This book offers a helpful guide for meteoritics researchers and mineralogists and invaluable resource for specialists working in high-pressure and high-temperature mineralophysics.

Yanzhuang Meteorite: Mineralogy and Shock Metamorphism

Yanzhuang Meteorite: Mineralogy and Shock Metamorphism
Author: Xiande Xie
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2020-03-10
Genre: Science
ISBN: 981150735X

This book investigates the mineralogy and shock effects of Yanzhuang chondrite, using modern micro-mineralogical experimental techniques, including SEM, TEM, EPMA, Raman microprobe spectroscopy, instrumental neutron activation analysis, X-ray micro-diffraction analysis, micro-PIXE analysis and laser ablation ICP-MS. The micro-structural and micro-morphological characteristics as well as chemical composition of minerals were studied in details. Based on the studies in the shock effects of rocks and minerals, and the detailed study in the shock-produced melt, the book concludes that Yanzhuang chondrite is the most heavily shocked ordinary H group chondrite ever found and that it contains the most abundant shock induced melt among all known shock-melt-bearing chondritic meteorites.

Meteorites

Meteorites
Author: Robert Hutchison
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 530
Release: 2006
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521035392

Introduction to meteorites and many of their properties.

Meteorites and the Early Solar System II

Meteorites and the Early Solar System II
Author: Dante S. Lauretta
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 992
Release: 2006-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780816525621

They range in size from microscopic particles to masses of many tons. The geologic diversity of asteroids and other rocky bodies of the solar system are displayed in the enormous variety of textures and mineralogies observed in meteorites. The composition, chemistry, and mineralogy of primitive meteorites collectively provide evidence for a wide variety of chemical and physical processes. This book synthesizes our current understanding of the early solar system, summarizing information about processes that occurred before its formation. It will be valuable as a textbook for graduate education in planetary science and as a reference for meteoriticists and researchers in allied fields worldwide.

Meteorite Mineralogy

Meteorite Mineralogy
Author: Alan Rubin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2021-08-05
Genre: Science
ISBN: 131699838X

Meteorites are fascinating cosmic visitors. Using accessible language, this book documents the history of mineralogy and meteorite research, summarizes the mineralogical characteristics of the myriad varieties of meteorites, and explains the mineralogical characteristics of Solar System bodies visited by spacecraft. Some of these bodies contain minerals that do not occur naturally on Earth or in meteorites. The book explains how to recognize different phases under the microscope and in back-scattered electron images. It summarizes the major ways in which meteoritic minerals form – from condensation in the expanding atmospheres of dying stars to crystallization in deep-seated magmas, from flash-melting in the solar nebula to weathering in the terrestrial environment. Containing spectacular back-scattered electron images, colour photographs of meteorite minerals, and with an accompanying online list of meteorite minerals, this book provides a useful resource for meteorite researchers, terrestrial mineralogists, cosmochemists and planetary scientists, as well as graduate students in these fields

Advanced Mineralogy

Advanced Mineralogy
Author: Arnold S. Marfunin
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 468
Release: 1994
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9783540582458

This reference book is the third in a series of five volumes presenting a concise treatise on problems and final results of modern studies of earth and planetary materials in their most sophisticated aspects. It is encyclopedic in its coverage of subjects, which include the systematic description of all areas of mineral matter studies corresponding to the actual capabilities and needs of science and industry. This third volume, with contributions from 200 top specialists from all over the world, contains chapters on Mineral Matter in Space, Mineralogy of the Mantle and Core, Mineralogy of the Ocean Floor, Biomineralization, Environmental Mineralogy, Radiation Mineralogy, and Gemology and Jewelry.

Asteroids

Asteroids
Author: Thomas H. Burbine
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 411
Release: 2017
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1107096847

An overview of asteroid science, summarising the astronomical and geological characteristics of asteroids, for students and researchers.

Catalogue of Meteorites Reference Book with CD-ROM

Catalogue of Meteorites Reference Book with CD-ROM
Author: Monica M. Grady
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 712
Release: 2000-08-31
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521663038

Essential reference for all interested in meteorites; includes a searchable CD-ROM with greatly expanded information.