Dominik, Manecki, Pawłowski 1974 | |
Abstract: The presented data were
obtained from examinations of graphite separated from coarse-structural
octahedrite Morasko. In the meteorite under study this mineral appears
in larger concentrations in the form of nodules in paragenesis with
troilite, schreibersite, cohenite and kamacite. Cliftonite aggregates,
on the other hand, are rare. Graphite from the Morasko meteorite has
been found to differ from teh Ceylon graphite in a more distinct
lamellar structure (the hiehest La/Lc
ratio), larger size of crystallites but poorer three-dimensional
ordering, and a higher content of rhombohedral structure (3R). The data
obtained indicate that this mineral was subject to the activity of
destructive forces (shock metamorphism) that caused an increase in the
content of rhombohedral structure and a deterioration in
three-dimensional ordering. The present authors are of opinion that
graphite is an important indicator of the processes of shock and thermal
metamorphism that meteorites were submitted to. |
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