Structure of the chondrules and the chemical composition of olivine in meteorite Jesenice

Abstract

This paper presents a mineralogical analysis of various chondrule types and chemical analysis of olivine indifferent parts of meteorite Jesenice. Quantitative energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy with a scanning electronmicroscope was used in the analyses. The results showed that the chemical composition of the olivine was homogeneousthroughout the meteorite with an average olivine composition of Fa 26.4 ± 0.6. The results of this study werein agreement with previous study of the meteorite, which showed that the meteorite Jesenice was an equilibratedL chondrite.

Keywords

• quantitative EDS analysis
• chondrules
• olivine
• ordinary chondrite
• meteorite Jesenice