Spectral reflectance properties of carbonaceous chondrites: 3. CR chondrites |
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| Authors: | EA Cloutis P Hudon T Hiroi MJ Gaffey |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Geography, University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3B 2E9;2. Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Office, NASA Johnson Space Center, Mail Code KR, 2101 NASA Road 1, Houston, TX 77058-3696, USA;3. Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912-1846, USA;4. Department of Space Studies, University of North Dakota, PO Box 9008, Grand Forks, ND 58202-9008, USA |
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| Abstract: | Powdered samples of a suite of 14 CR and CR-like chondrites, ranging from petrologic grade 1 to 3, were spectrally characterized over the 0.3–2.5 μm interval as part of a larger study of carbonaceous chondrite reflectance spectra. Spectral analysis was complicated by absorption bands due to Fe oxyhydroxides near 0.9 μm, resulting from terrestrial weathering. This absorption feature masks expected absorption bands due to constituent silicates in this region. In spite of this interference, most of the CR spectra exhibit absorption bands attributable to silicates, in particular an absorption feature due to Fe2+-bearing phyllosilicates near 1.1 μm. Mafic silicate absorption bands are weak to nonexistent due to a number of factors, including low Fe content, low degree of silicate crystallinity in some cases, and presence of fine-grained, finely dispersed opaques. With increasing aqueous alteration, phyllosilicate: mafic silicate ratios increase, resulting in more resolvable phyllosilicate absorption bands in the 1.1 μm region. In the most phyllosilicate-rich CR chondrite, GRO 95577 (CR1), an additional possible phyllosilicate absorption band is seen at 2.38 μm. In contrast to CM spectra, CR spectra generally do not exhibit an absorption band in the 0.65–0.7 μm region, which is attributable to Fe3+–Fe2+ charge transfers, suggesting that CR phyllosilicates are not as Fe3+-rich as CM phyllosilicates. CR2 and CR3 spectra are uniformly red-sloped, likely due to the presence of abundant Fe–Ni metal. Absolute reflectance seems to decrease with increasing degree of aqueous alteration, perhaps due to the formation of fine-grained opaques from pre-existing metal. Overall, CR spectra are characterized by widely varying reflectance (4–21% maximum reflectance), weak silicate absorption bands in the 0.9–1.3 μm region, overall red slopes, and the lack of an Fe3+–Fe2+ charge transfer absorption band in the 0.65–0.7 μm region. |
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