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In situ micro-Raman and X-ray diffraction study of diamonds and petrology of the new ureilite UAE 001 from the United Arab Emirates

Dominik C. Hezel 1, 2 Leonid Dubrovinsky 3 Lutz Nasdala 4, 5 Jean Cauzid 6 Alexandre Simionovici 7 Marko Gelissen 1 Thorbjorn Schonbeck 1
1 Institut für Geologie und Mineralogie
2 Department of Mineralogy
3 Bayerisches Geoinstitut - Bavarian Research Institute of Experimental Geochemistry and Geophysics
4 Institut für Geowissenschaften [Mainz]
5 Institut für Mineralogie und Kristallographie
6 ESRF - European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
7 LGIT - Laboratoire de Géophysique Interne et Tectonophysique
Abstract : A new olivine-pigeonite ureilite containing abundant diamonds and graphite was found in the United Arab Emirates. This is the first report of a meteorite in this country. The sample is heavily altered, of medium shock level, and has a total weight of 155 g. Bulk rock, olivine (Fo79.8-81.8) and pyroxene (En73.9-75.2, Fs15.5-16.9, Wo8.8-9.5) compositions are typical of ureilites. Olivine rims are reduced with Fo increasing up to Fo96.1-96.8. Metal in these rims is completely altered to Fehydroxide during terrestrial weathering. We studied diamond and graphite using micro-Raman and in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction. The main diamond Raman band (LO=TO mode at ~1332 cm−1) is broadened when compared to well-ordered diamond single crystals. Full widths at half maximum (FWHM) values scatter around 7 cm−1. These values resemble FWHM values obtained from chemical vapor deposition (CVD) diamond. In situ XRD measurements show that diamonds have large grain sizes, up to >5 μm. Some of the graphite measured is compressed graphite. We explore the possibilities of CVD versus impact shock origin of diamonds and conclude that a shock origin is much more plausible. The broadening of the Raman bands might be explained by prolonged shock pressure resulting in a transitional Raman signal between experimentally shock-produced and natural diamonds.
keyword : ureilite diamond micro-Raman in-situ XRD
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Dominik C. Hezel, Leonid Dubrovinsky, Lutz Nasdala, Jean Cauzid, Alexandre Simionovici, et al.. In situ micro-Raman and X-ray diffraction study of diamonds and petrology of the new ureilite UAE 001 from the United Arab Emirates. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, Wiley, 2008, 43 (7), pp.1127 à 1136. ⟨insu-00371979⟩

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