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6. CI Chondrites: Comparison and Contrast to Other Meteorite Types
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
The minerals of chondritic meteorites, particularly C2 and C3 are usually believed to be condensates of the (previously unfractionated) solar nebula. This implies two postulates: (1) that chemical reactions between phases ceased at various temperatures; (2) that Ni and Fe were mobilized by diffusion in the solid state. An alternate explanation is proposed, which obviates the two postulates: chondritic minerals may have condensed, in equilibrium with their own vapors, from a fraction already separated from the solar nebula at low temperature and low pressure.
- Type
- Part IX. The Primitive Solar Nebula
- Information
- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 39: Comets, Asteroids, Meteorites: Interrelations, Evolution and Origins , December 1977 , pp. 537 - 539
- Copyright
- Copyright © A.H. Delsemme 1977