Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6428452 Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2015 8 Pages PDF
Abstract
We examined the Al-Mg isotope systematics of plagioclase in a FeO-poor ferromagnesian Wild 2 particle (C2092,7,81,1,0; named Pyxie) using a ∼2 μm spot. Three analyses show average 27Al/24Mg ratio of ∼65 and excess δ26Mg⁎ value of +0.1±4.5‰ (2σ), indicating no resolvable 26Mg excess in the particle. The inferred initial (26Al/27Al)0 ratio of plagioclase in Pyxie is estimated as (−0.6±4.5)×10−6 with an upper limit of 4×10−6. The result is very similar to that of the FeO-rich ferromagnesian particle “Iris” (Ogliore et al., 2012). Assuming homogeneous distribution of 26Al in the early solar system, Pyxie formed at least 2.6 Ma after the oldest Ca-Al-rich inclusions. This minimum formation age is marginally younger than formation ages of most chondrules in type ∼3.0 chondrites but comparable with those of Mg# < 98 chondrules in CR3 chondrites. Considered in conjunction with similar oxygen isotope ratios between Pyxie (and Iris) and Mg# < 98 chondrules in CR3 chondrites, it is inferred that the ferromagnesian Wild 2 particles and Mg# < 98 chondrules in CR3 chondrites formed late in local disk environments that had similar oxygen isotope ratios and redox states.
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