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    A new Martian meteorite from Oman: Mineralogy, petrology, and shock metamorphism of olivine-phyric basaltic shergottite Sayh al Uhaymir 150

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    Author
    Walton, E. L.
    Spray, J. G.
    Bartoschewitz, R.
    Issue Date
    2005-01-01
    Keywords
    Martian meteorites
    shock metamorphism
    fractal analysis
    crystal size distribution
    
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    Walton, E. L., Spray, J. G., & Bartoschewitz, R. (2005). A new Martian meteorite from Oman: Mineralogy, petrology, and shock metamorphism of olivine‐phyric basaltic shergottite Sayh al Uhaymir 150. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 40(8), 1195-1214.
    Publisher
    The Meteoritical Society
    Journal
    Meteoritics & Planetary Science
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10150/656032
    DOI
    10.1111/j.1945-5100.2005.tb00184.x
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    Abstract
    The Sayh al Uhaymir (SaU) 150 meteorite was found on a gravel plateau, 43.3 km south of Ghaba, Oman, on October 8, 2002. Oxygen isotope (delta-17O 2.78; delta-18O 4.74), CRE age (~1.3 Ma), and noble gas studies confirm its Martian origin. SaU 150 is classified as an olivine-phyric basalt, having a porphyritic texture with olivine macrocrysts set in a finer-grained matrix of pigeonite and interstitial maskelynite, with minor augite, spinel, ilmenite, merrillite, pyrrhotite, pentlandite, and secondary (terrestrial) calcite and iron oxides. The bulk rock composition, in particular mg (68) [molar Mg/(Mg + Fe) x 100], Fe/Mn (37.9), and Na/Al (0.22), are characteristic of Martian meteorites. Based on mineral compositions, cooling rates determined from crystal morphology, and crystal size distribution, it is deduced that the parent magma formed in a steady-state growth regime (magma chamber) that cooled at <2 degrees C/hr. Subsequent eruption as a thick lava flow or hypabyssal intrusion entrained a small fraction of xenocrystic olivine and gave rise to a magmatic foliation, with slow cooling allowing for near homogenization of igneous minerals. SaU 150 experienced an equilibration shock pressure of 33-45 GPa in a single impact event. Post-shock heat gave rise to localized melting (~11 vol%). Larger volume melts remained fluid after pressure release and crystallized dendritic olivine and pyroxene with fractal dimensions of 1.80-1.89 and 1.89-1.95, respectively, at -Delta-T >70-365 degrees C. SaU 150 is essentially identical to SaU 005/094, all representing samples of the same fall that are similar to, but distinct from, the DaG shergottites.
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    1945-5100
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    10.1111/j.1945-5100.2005.tb00184.x
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