[meteorite-list] Vaca Muerta Eucrite Inclusions????

From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:42 2004
Message-ID: <DIIE.0000004900000C18_at_paulinet.de>

> Greetings list members. I just purchased a very nice
> 14+ gram Vaca Muerta eucrite inclusion from Eric Olson

Congrats, Dave!

> any information on how these eucritic inclusions came
> about being in the Vaca Muerta mesosiderite meteorites?

Here is a useful reference:

RUBIN A.E. et al. (1987) Diverse eucritic pebbles in the Vaca
Muerta mesosiderite (Earth Plan. Sci. Lett. 84, 1-14).

The "culprit" was probably a collision of a eucritic component
with an iron component and the the two "ingredients were then
mixed.

Bernd


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