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@ARTICLE{Lee:281812,
author = {Lee, M. R. and MacLaren, I. and Andersson, S. M. L. and
Kovács, A. and Tomkinson, T. and Mark, D. F. and Smith, C.
L.},
title = {{O}pal-{A} in the {N}akhla meteorite: {A} tracer of
ephemeral liquid water in the {A}mazonian crust of {M}ars},
journal = {Meteoritics $\&$ planetary science},
volume = {50},
number = {8},
issn = {1086-9379},
address = {Hoboken, NJ},
publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell},
reportid = {FZJ-2016-01479},
pages = {1362 - 1377},
year = {2015},
abstract = {The nakhlite meteorites are clinopyroxenites that are
derived from a ~1300 million year old sill or lava flow on
Mars. Most members of the group contain veins of iddingsite
whose main component is a fine-grained and hydrous Fe- and
Mg-rich silicate. Siderite is present in the majority of
veins, where it straddles or cross-cuts the Fe-Mg silicate.
This carbonate also contains patches of ferric
(oxy)hydroxide. Despite 40 years of investigation, the
mineralogy and origins of the Fe-Mg silicate is poorly
understood, as is the paragenesis of the iddingsite veins.
Nanometer-scale analysis of Fe-Mg silicate in the Nakhla
meteorite by electron and X-ray imaging and spectroscopy
reveals that its principal constituents are nanoparticles of
opal-A. This hydrous and amorphous phase precipitated from
acidic solutions that had become supersaturated with respect
to silica by dissolution of olivine. Each opal-A
nanoparticle is enclosed within a ferrihydrite shell that
formed by oxidation of iron that had also been liberated
from the olivine. Siderite crystallized subsequently and
from solutions that were alkaline and reducing, and replaced
both the nanoparticles and olivine. The fluids that formed
both the opal-A/ferrihydrite and the siderite were sourced
from one or more reservoirs in contact with the Martian
atmosphere. The last event recorded by the veins was
alteration of the carbonate to a ferric (oxy)hydroxide that
probably took place on Mars, although a terrestrial origin
remains possible. These results support findings from
orbiter- and rover-based spectroscopy that opaline silica
was a common product of aqueous alteration of the Martian
crust.},
cin = {PGI-5},
ddc = {520},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-5-20110106},
pnm = {143 - Controlling Configuration-Based Phenomena (POF3-143)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-143},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000359356900003},
doi = {10.1111/maps.12471},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/281812},
}