Serra Pelada: the first Amazonian Meteorite fall is a Eucrite (basalt) from Asteroid 4-Vesta

AUTOR(ES)

ZUCOLOTTO, MARIA ELIZABETH, TOSI, AMANDA A., VILLAÇA, CAIO V.N., MOUTINHO, ANDRÉ L.R., ANDRADE, DIANA P.P., FAULSTICH, FABIANO, GOMES, ANGELO M.S., RIOS, DEBORA C., ROCHA, MARCILIO C.

FONTE

An. Acad. Bras. Ciênc.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

01/02/2018

RESUMO

ABSTRACT Serra Pelada is the newest Brazilian eucrite and the first recovered fall from Amazonia (State of Pará, Brazil, June 29th 2017). In this paper, we report on its petrography, chemistry, mineralogy and its magnetic properties. Study of four thin sections reveals that the meteorite is brecciated, containing basaltic and gabbroic clasts, as well of recrystallized impact melt, embedded into a fine-medium grained matrix. Chemical analyses suggest that Serra Pelada is a monomict basaltic eucritic breccia, and that the meteorite is a normal member of the HED suite. Our results provide additional geological and compositional information on the lithological diversity of its parent body. The mineralogy of Serra Pelada consists basically of low-Ca pyroxene and high-Ca plagioclase with accessory minerals such as quartz, sulphide (troilite), chromite - ulvöspinel and ilmenite. These data are consistent with the meteorite being an eucrite, a basaltic achondrite and a member of the howardite-eucrite-diogenite (HED) clan of meteorites which most likely are from the crust asteroid 4 Vesta.

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