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Evidence of metasomatism in the interior of Vesta TEXT SIZE: A A A
Diogenites are a group of meteorites that are derived from the interior of the largest protoplanet Vesta. They provide a unique opportunity to understanding together the internal structure and dynamic evolution of this protoplanet. Northwest Africa (NWA) 8321 was suggested to be an unbrecciated noritic diogenite meteorite, which is confirmed by our oxygen and chromium isotopic data. Here, we find that olivine in this sample has been partly replaced by orthopyroxene, troilite, and minor metal. The replacement texture of olivine is unambiguous evidence of sulfur-involved metasomatism in the interior of Vesta. The presence of such replacement texture suggests that in NWA 8321, the olivine should be of xenolith origin while the noritic diogenite was derived from partial melting of pre-existing rocks and had crystallized in the interior of Vesta. The post-Rheasilvia craters in the north-polar region on Vesta could be the potential source for NWA 8321.
 

Publication name

 NATURE COMMUNICATIONS Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Article Number: 1289 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15049-7 Published: MAR 10 2020

Author(s)

 Zhang, Ai-Cheng; Kawasaki, Noriyuki; Bao, Huiming; Liu, Jia; Qin, Liping; Kuroda, Minami; Gao, Jian-Feng; Chen, Li-Hui; He, Ye; Sakamoto, Naoya; Yurimoto, Hisayoshi

Corresponding author(s) 

 ZHANG Aicheng 
 aczhang@nju.edu.cn   
 -Nanjing Univ, State Key Lab Mineral Deposits Res, Nanjing 210023, Peoples R China
 -Nanjing Univ, Sch Earth Sci & Engn, Nanjing 210023, Peoples R China
 -CAS Ctr Excellence Comparat Planetol, Hefei, Peoples R China

Author(s) from IGCAS   GAO Jianfeng

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