Context. Andesitic meteorites are among the oldest achondrites known to date. They record volcanic events and crust formation episodes in primordial planetesimals that took place about 4.565 Myr ago. However, no analogue for these has been found asteroid population Aims. We searched spectroscopic analogues of andesitic meteorite Erg Chech 002 using Gaia DR3 spectral dataset. Methods. In order i...

may have been • mantle plume, but, alternatively, it may have been triggered by an asteroidal impact An impact fall-out layer with shocked debris has been reported at the Tr/J boundary in Italy [13]. The s ynchronicity of extrusion and extinction appear established as an event horizon independent of radiometric or fossil stratigraphy. Of course, enthusiasm for impacts does not score points in t...

Introduction: Asteroidal fragments in lunar breccias and soils are critical to an understanding of the nature of the major impactors of the Moon. Observing FeNi metal is typically the simplest way for identifying asteroidal fragments. Schreibersite [(Fe,Ni) 3 P] in FeNi metal is a clear indicator of asteroidal contamination , although this was validated only after the realization that schreiber...