The Varre-Sai chondrite, a Brazilian fall: petrology and geochemistry Caio Vinícius Gabrig Turbay Rangel Marcos Tadeu D’Azeredo Orlando Cláudio De Morisson Valeriano Alexandre de Oliveira Chaves 10.6084/m9.figshare.4834232.v1 https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/dataset/The_Varre-Sai_chondrite_a_Brazilian_fall_petrology_and_geochemistry/4834232 <p>The Varre-Sai meteorite fell along the border of the states of Espirito Santo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; on 19 June 2010 at 5:40 pm. Petrography and X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) indicate that the rock is an L5 S4 chondrite, with blastoporphyritic texture that has not been previously described. Geochemical data based on major and rare-earth elements (REEs) show that Varre-Sai is highly similar to the other L chondrites. In Harker diagrams, Varre-Sai, L, and LL chondrites form a single group, suggesting no significant chemical differences between them and contributing to the long-standing debate of whether LL chondrites form a distinct group or whether they are a subset of the L group. Harker diagrams also define a trend from E to H and L/LL chondrites, similar to the cosmochemical trends suggested by other authors. The behaviour of Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3t</sub> and NiO indicates a relationship with Fe-Ni alloys, and their trend in the diagram suggests some chemical differentiation in the ordinary chondrite parental bodies. The REE content in Varre-Sai, normalized to C chondrites, falls in the field of L chondrites and others, but with slight REE enrichment. The chemical differences in chondrites, mainly in REEs, Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3t</sub> and NiO could be alternatively interpreted as variations in the inherited agglutinated materials as chondrules, Ca–Al-rich inclusions and Fe–Ni nodules.</p> 2017-04-10 13:47:57 Varre-Sai chondrite Brazilian fall petrology geochemistry