地质学报（英文版）2004，Vol.78Issue(5)：1025-1033,9.
A Tiny Piece of Basalt Probably from Asteroid 4 Vesta
A Tiny Piece of Basalt Probably from Asteroid 4 Vesta
摘要
Abstract
Grove Mountains (GRV) 99018 is a new eucrite (0.23 g), consisting mainly of pyroxene (50.5 vol%) and plagioclase (37.2 vol%) with minor silica minerals (7.0 vol%) and opaque minerals (5.2 vol%). It was intensely shocked,leading to partial melting, formation of abundant tiny inclusions in pyroxenes and plagioclase, and heavy brecciation.Exsolution of most pyroxenes (1-3 μm in width of the lamellae), recrystallization of the shock-induced melt pockets and veins (5-20 μm in size), and homogeneous compositions of pyroxenes of various occurrences suggest the intense thermal metamorphism of GRV 99018 in the asteroidal body Vesta. This new eucrite will bring additional constraints on the chemical composition and multi-stage thermal and shock history of Vesta.关键词
meteorite/basalt/eucrite/asteroid/magmatism/shock metamorphism/thermal historyKey words
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LIN Yangting,WANG Daode,WANG Guiqing..A Tiny Piece of Basalt Probably from Asteroid 4 Vesta[J].地质学报（英文版）,2004,78(5):1025-1033,9.基金项目
We are grateful to Drs. Guan Yunbin and Xu Ping for their assistance in laboratories. This study is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.40232026) and the pilot project of knowledge-innovation program of the Chinese Acad （Grant No.40232026）
