GENETICS, AGES, AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS OF THE GROUP IIIE IRON METEORITES AND THE IRON METEORITE LIEKSA
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2022Author
Chiappe, Emily
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Walker, Richard
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Siderophile element concentrations, genetic isotopic data, and chronological data for ten group IIIE iron meteorites and the recently found iron meteorite Lieksa were determined. The modeling of siderophile element abundances shows that the IIIE irons can be related to one another through a common fractional crystallization process. Highly siderophile element data, however, indicate that the anomalous IIIE iron meteorite Aletai does not sample the same crystallization sequence as the bona fide IIIE irons. The bulk chemical characteristics of Lieksa are distinct from that of the established iron meteorite groups, indicating that, if it is an iron meteorite, it should be classified as an ungrouped iron meteorite. Isotopic data shows that, while the IIIE iron meteorites, Lieksa, and Aletai exhibit different HSE abundances, they exhibit similar genetic characteristics, indicating that they likely originated from the same nebular reservoir. Additionally, isotopic data indicate that all irons analyzed here sample parent bodies that differentiated within the first ~2 Myr of solar system history, which is consistent with other NC-type bodies.