GRV 051523:A new eucrite

         

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Grove Mountains(GRV)051523 is a newly identified eucrite,consisting mainly of coarse-grained pyroxene(62.9 vol%)and plagioclase(34.2 vol%),with less abundant opaque minerals(2.7 vol%),minor silica and tiny FeO-rich olivine(Fa75).Coarse-grained pyroxenes show exsolution of augite lamellae in pigeonite or vice versa.Width of most exsolution lamellae in pyroxenes is 1-3 μm.Opaque minerals are mainly chromite,ilmenite and sulfides.The meteorite was heavily shocked,as indicated by breccias and melt veins.Coarse-grained pyroxenes commonly contain abundant tiny or needle-like chromite inclusions with orientation,probably due to heavy shock events.Pyroxenes in various petrographic occurrences exhibit highly homogeneous compositions,indicating that GRV 051523 experienced intense thermal metamorphism in the parent asteroid 4 Vesta.GRV 051523 is classified as Type 5-6.This new eucrite will have additional constraints on chemical composition,magmatic differentiation,multi-stage shock and thermal history of Vesta.

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