Khatyrka meteorite, Iomrautvaam massif, Anadyrsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia (original) (raw)

Khatyrka meteorite, Iomrautvaam massif, Anadyrsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russiai

Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):

62° 39' 11'' North , 174° 30' 2'' East

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Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:2717:8

4bd1a09e-5911-4500-a8b3-fb5a7b14bbe1

Russian:

метеорит Хатырка, Чукотский автономный округ, Россия

Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3)
Found, 2011; 0.1 g

After 1.5 tons of clay were panned and tiny pieces of a chondrite (7 grains) were found during an expedition to Chukotka in far eastern Russia by scientists from the US, Russia and Italy from July 20 to August 7, 2011. They were in search of icosahedrite which had been discovered there recently. An additional three grains from an earlier 1979 expedition were also later identified as fragments from the same CV3 carbonaceous chondrite. The grains [~1 or < 1 mm in max. dimension] are dark grey with visible silicates and metal. SEM observations of two grains revealed zoned porphyritic chondrules [PO] with forsteritic cores as well as enstatite [_sensu strictu_] rimmed by Fe-rich olivine. The matrix is porous with composition and minerals (awaruite, diopside, nepheline, pentlandite, CAI spinel, etc.) typical of CV3 (Vigarano-like) chondrites. Very small amounts of localized hematite are present, but most of the meteoritic material is — at most — mildly altered by terrestrial weathering. However, the most remarkable discoveries have been those of new Al-rich minerals and the first recognized natural quasi-crystals.

We note here only the most remarkable of these findings as they are expected to be outdated in the near future. By early January 2017, Khatyrka had become the type location for 8 new Al-rich minerals (listed below). Six of the new minerals have the expected symmetries for minerals (isometric [2], orthorhombic [2], monoclinic [1], tetragonal [1]). They include steinhardite, an aluminum dominated mineral, and hollisterite, a natural Al-Fe alloy. But the two other new minerals are quasicrystals. Icosahedrite was the 1st natural quasicrystal to be recognized (in 2010) as an IMA mineral. Decagonite, with 10-fold symmetry, has now been added to the list. Other mineral species from the meteorite are under review.

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37 valid minerals. 9 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals. 1 (FRL) - first recorded locality of unapproved mineral/variety/etc.

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References

Ma, C., Hu, J., Suttle, M.D., Guan, Y., Sharp, T.G., Asimov, P.D., Steinhardt, P.J., Bindi, L. (2023): Al-Cu-Fe alloys in the solar system: Going inside a Khatyrka-like micrometeorite (KT01) from the Nubian desert, Sudan. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 1–12, doi: 10.1111/maps.14089.

Bindi, L., Steinhardt, P. J., Yao, N., Lu, P. J. (2011) Icosahedrite, Al63Cu24Fe13, the first natural quasicrystal. American Mineralogist, 96 (5) 928-931 doi:10.2138/am.2011.3758

MacPherson, G.J., Andronicos, C.L., Bindi, L., Distler, V.V., Eddy, M.P., Eiler, J.M., Guan, Y., Hollister, L.S., Kostin, A., Kryachko, V., Steinhardt, W.M. (2013) Khatyrka, a new CV 3 find from the Koryak Mountains, Eastern Russia. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48(8), 1499-514.

Bindi, L., Yao, N., Lin, C., Hollister, L.S., Poirier, G.R., Andronicos, C.L., MacPherson, G.J., Distler, V.V., Eddy, M.P., Kostin, A., Kryachko, V., Steinhardt, W.M., Yudovskaya, M. (2014) Steinhardtite, a new body-centered-cubic allotropic form of aluminum from the Khatyrka CV3 carbonaceous chondrite. American Mineralogist: 99: 2433–2436.

Bindi, L., Yao, N., Lin, C., Hollister, L. S., Andronicos, C. L., Distler, V. V., Eddy, M. V., Kostin, A., Kryachko, V., MacPherson, G. J., Steinhardt, W. M., Yudovskay, M., Steinhardt, P. J. (2015) Natural quasicrystal with decagonal symmetry. Scientific Reports 5, Article number: 9111 [doi:10.1038/srep09111].

Bindi, L., Yao, N., Lin, C., Hollister, L.S., Andronicos, C.L., Distler, V.V., Eddy, M.V., Kostin, A., Kryachko, V., MacPherson, G.J., Steinhardt, W.M., Yudovskay, M., Steinhardt, P.J. (2015) Decagonite, Al71Ni24Fe5, a quasicrystal with decagonal symmetry from the Khatyrka CV3 carbonaceous chondrite. American Mineralogist: 100(10): 2340-2343.

Meier, M.M., Bindi, L., Busemann, H., Heck, P.R., Isch Neander, A., Maden, C., Spring, N.H., Steinhardt, P.J., Wieler, R. (2015) Shedding Light on the Origin of the Quasicrystal-bearing Khatyrka Meteorite. In78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, 78(1856), 5035.

MacPherson, G.J., Lin, C., Hollister, L.S., Bindi, L., Andronicos, C.L., & Steinhardt, P.J. (2016). The Khatyrka Meteorite: A Summary of Evidence for a Natural Origin of Its Remarkable Cu-Al Metal Alloys. In 47th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 1903, 2655.

Ivanova, M.A., Lorenz, C.A., Borisovskiy, S.E., Burmistrov, A.A., Korost, D.V., Korochantsev, A.V., Logunov, M.N., Shornikov, S.I., Petaev, M.I. (2017) Composition and origin of holotype Al-Cu-Zn minerals in relation to quasicrystals in the Khatyrka meteorite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science: 52(5): 869-883. doi: 10.1111/maps.12839

Ma, C., Lin, C., Bindi, L., Steinhardt, P.J. (2017) Hollisterite (Al3Fe), kryachkoite (Al,Cu)6(Fe,Cu), and stolperite (AlCu): Three new minerals from the Khatyrka CV3 carbonaceous chondrite. American Mineralogist: 102: 690-693.

Lin, C., Hollister, L.S., MacPherson, G.J., Bindi, L., Ma, C., Andronicos, C.L., Steinhardt, P.J. (2017) Evidence of cross-cutting and redox reaction in Khatyrka meteorite reveals metallic-Al minerals formed in outer space. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 1-14.

Ivanova, M.A., Lorenz, C.A., Borisovskiy, S.E., Burmistrov, A.A., Korost, D.V., Korochantsev, A.V., Logunova, M.N., Shornikov, S.I., Petaev, M.I. (2017) Composition and origin of holotype Al-Cu-Zn minerals in relation to quasicrystals in the Khatyrka meteorite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 52(5), 869-883.

Andronicos, C.L., Bindi, L., Distler, V.V., Hollister, L.S., Lin, C., MacPherson, G.J., Steinhardt, P.J., Yudovskaya, M. (2018) Comment on “Composition and origin of holotype Al-Cu-Zn minerals in relation to quasicrystals in the Khatyrka meteorite” by M. Ivanova et al.(2017). Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 53(11), 2430-2340.

Meier, M.M., Bindi, L., Heck, P.R., Neander, A.I., Spring, N.H., Riebe, M.E., Maden, C., Baur, H., Steinhardt, P.J., Wieler, R., Busemann, H. (2018) Cosmic history and a candidate parent asteroid for the quasicrystal-bearing meteorite Khatyrka. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 490, 122-131.