Planetary Mineralogy

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1. Zhang AC, Jiang QT, Tomioka N, Guo YJ, Chen JN, Li Y, Sakamoto N, Yurimoto H. 2021. Widespread tissintite in strongly shock-lithified lunar regolith breccias. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2020GL091554.

2. Xiong Y, Zhang AC, Kawasaki N, Ma C, Sakamoto N, Chen JN, Gu LX, Yurimoto H. 2020. Mineralogical and oxygen isotopic study of a new ultrarefractory inclusion in the Northwest Africa 3118 CV3 chondrite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 55, 2184-2205.

3. Li JY, Zhang AC, Sakamoto N, Yurimoto H, Gu LX. 2020. A new occurrence of corundum in eucrite and its significance. American Mineralogist, in press. https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2020-7361.

4. Zhang AC, Kawasaki N, Kuroda M, Li Y, Wang HP, Bai XN, Sakamoto N, Yin QZ, Yurimoto H. 2020. Unique angrite-like fragments in a CH3 chondrite reveal a new basaltic planetesimal. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 275, 48-63.

5. Zhang AC, Kawasaki N, Bao H, Liu J, Qin L, Kuroda M, Gao JF, Chen LH, He Y, Sakamoto N, Yurimoto H. 2020. Evidence of metasomatism in the interior of Vesta. Nature Communications, 11, 1289. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15049-7.

6. Zhang AC, Pang RL, Sakamoto N, Yurimoto H. 2020. Cr-Zr-Ca armalcolite in lunar rocks is loveringite: Constraints from electron backscatter diffraction. American Mineralogist, in press. https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2019-7260.

7. Pang RL#, Harries D, Pollok K, Zhang AC, Langenhorst F. 2019. Unique mineral assemblages of shock-induced titanium-rich melt pockets in eucrite Northwest Africa 8003. Geochemistry (formerly Chemie der Erde), 79, 125541.

8. Chen DL#, Zhang AC, Pang RL, Chen JN, Li Y. 2019. Shock-induced phase transformation of anorthitic plagioclase in the eucrite meteorite Northwest Africa 2650. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 54, 1548-1562.

9. Wang SZ, Zhang AC, Pang RL, Li Y, Chen JN. 2019. Possible records of space weathering on Vesta: Case study in a brecciated eucrite Northwest Africa 1109. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 54, 836-849.

10. Zhang AC, Wang SZ, Tomioka N, Lu XC, Ding ZY, Ma C, Wang P, Chen JN, Xu S, Gu LX, Bai YQ, Li Y, Sakamoto N, Wang RC. 2019. Crystallization of spherical (Mg,Fe)-oxides by particle attachment in the shocked Martian meteorite Northwest Africa 7755. American Mineralogist, 104, 150-157.

11. Pang RL, Harries D, Pollok K, Zhang AC, Langenhorst F. 2018. Vestaite, (TiFe)Ti3O9, a new mineral in the shocked eucrite Northwest Africa 8003. American Mineralogist, 103, 1502-1511.

12. Zhang AC, Bu YF, Pang RL, Sakamoto N, Yurimoto H, Chen LH, Gao JF, Du DH, Wang XL, Wang RC. 2018. Origin and implications of troilite-orthopyroxene intergrowths in the brecciated diogenite Northwest Africa 7183. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 220, 125-145.

13. Wang SZ, Zhang AC, Pang RL, Chen JN, Gu LX, Wang RC. 2017. Petrogenesis and shock metamorphism of the enriched lherzolitic shergottite Northwest Africa 7755. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 52, 2437-2457.

14. Pang RL, Zhang AC, Wang RC. 2017. Complex origins of silicate veinlets in HED meteorites: Case study in Northwest Africa 1109. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 52, 2113-2131.

15. Li Y, Zhang AC, Chen JN, Gu LX, Wang RC. 2017. Formation of phosphorus-rich olivine in Dar al Gani 978 carbonaceous chondrite through fluid-assisted metamorphism. American Mineralogist, 102, 98-107.

16. Zhang AC, Li QL, Yurimoto H, Sakamoto N, Li XH, Hu S, Lin YT, Wang RC. 2016. Young asteroidal fluid activity revealed by absolute age from apatite in carbonaceous chondrite. Nature Communications 7:12844. doi: 10.1038/ncomms12844.

17. Pang RL, Zhang AC, Wang SZ, Wang RC, Yurimoto H. 2016. High-pressure minerals in eucrite suggest a small source crater on Vesta. Scientific Reports, 6:26063 | DOI: 10.1038/srep26063.

18. Zhang AC, Itoh S, Yurimoto H, Hsu WB, Wang RC, Taylor LA. 2016. P-O-rich sulfide phase in CM chondrites: Constraints on its origin on the CM parent body. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 51, 56-69.

19. Zhang AC, Ma C, Sakamoto N, Wang RC, Hsu WB, Yurimoto H. 2015. Mineralogical anatomy and implications of a Ti-Sc-rich ultra-refractory inclusion from Sayh al Uhaymir 290 CH3 chondrite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 163, 27-39.

20. Zhang AC, Itoh S, Sakamoto N, Wang RC, Yurimoto H. 2014. Origins of Al-rich chondrules: Clues from a compound Al-rich chondrule in the Dar al Gani 978 carbonaceous chondrite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 130, 78-92.

21. Zhang AC and Yurimoto H. 2013. Petrography and mineralogy of the ungrouped type 3 carbonaceous chondrite Dar al Gani 978. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48, 1651-1677.

22. Zhang AC, Wang RC, Hsu WB, and Bartoschewitz R. 2013. Record of S-rich vapors on asteroid 4 Vesta: Sulfurization in the Northwest Africa 2339 eucrite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 109, 1-13.

23. Zhang AC, Taylor LA, Wang RC, Li QL, Li XH, Patchen AD, and Liu Y. 2012. Thermal history of Apollo 12 granite and KREEP-rich rock: Clues from SIMS U-Pb ages of zircon in lunar breccia 12013. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 95, 1-14.

24. Zhang AC, Hsu WB, Li XH, Ming HL, Li QL, Liu Y, and Tang GQ. 2011. Impact melting of Dhofar 458 lunar meteorite: Evidence from polycrystalline texture and decomposition of zircon. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 46, 103-115.

25. Zhang AC, Hsu WB, Floss C, Li XH, Li QL, Liu Y, and Taylor LA. 2010. Petrogenesis of lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 2977: Constraints from in situ microprobe results. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 45, 1929-1947.

26. Zhang AC, Guan YB, Hsu WB, Liu Y, and Taylor LA. 2010. Origin of a metamorphosed lithic clast in CM chondrite Grove Mountains 021536. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 45, 238-245.

27. Zhang AC, Hsu WB, Li QL, Liu Y, Jiang Y, and Tang GQ. 2010. SIMS Pb/Pb dating of Zr-rich minerals in lunar meteorites Miller Range 05035 and LaPaz Icefield 02224: Implications for the petrogenesis of mare basalt. Science China Earth Sciences, 53(3), 327-334.

28. Zhang AC and Hsu WB. 2009. Petrography, mineralogy, and trace element geochemistry of lunar meteorite Dhofar 1180. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 44, 1265-1286.

29. Zhang AC and Hsu WB. 2009. Refractory inclusions and aluminum-rich chondrules in Sayh Al Uhaymir 290 CH chondrite: Petrography and Mineralogy. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 44, 787-804.

30. Hsu WB, Zhang A, Bartoschewitz R, Guan YB, Ushikubo T, Krähenbühl U, Niedergesaess R, Pepelnik R, Reus U, Kurtz T, and Kurtz P. 2008. Petrography, mineralogy, and geochemistry of lunar meteorite Sayh al Uhaymir 300. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 43, 1363-1381.

31. Zhang AC, Hsu WB, Wang RC, Ding MW. 2006. Pyroxene polymorphs in melt veins of the heavily shocked Sixiangkou L6 chondrite. European Journal of Mineralogy, 18, 719-726.

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Rare-metal Mineralogy

 

1. Wu B, Wang RC, Yang JH, Wu FY, Zhang WL, Gu XP, Zhang AC. 2016. Zr and REE mineralization in sodic lujavrite from the Saima alkaline complex, northeastern China: A mineralogical study and comparison with potassic rocks. Lithos, 262, 232-246.

2. Yin R, Wang RC, Zhang AC, Hu H, Zhu JC, Rao C, Zhang H. 2015. Chemical evolution and late-stage reequilibration of Zr-Hf-U-bearing columbite-group minerals in the Koktokay No.1 granitic pegmatite, Altai, Northwestern China. Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 461-478.

3. Wu B, Wang RC, Yang JH, Wu FY, Zhang WL, Gu XP, Zhang AC. 2015. Wadeite (K2ZrSi3O9), an alkali-zirconosilicate from the Saima agpaitic rocks in northeastern China: Its origin and response to multi-stage activities of alkaline fluids. Lithos, 224-225, 126-142.

4. Yin R., Wang RC, Zhang AC, Hu H, Zhu JC, Rao C, and Zhang H. 2013. Extreme fractionation from zircon to hafnon in the Koktokay No.1 granitic pegmatite, Altai, northwestern China. American Mineralogist, 98, 1714-1724.

5. Rao C, Wang RC, Zhang AC, and Hu H. 2012. The corundum + tourmaline nodules related to hydrothermal alteration of spodumene in the Nanping No.31 pegmatite dyke, Fujian Province, southeastern China. Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 1623-1635.

6. Wang RC, Che XD, Zhang WL, Zhang AC, and Zhang H. 2009.Geochemical evolution and late re-equilibration of Na-Cs-rich beryl from the Koktokay no.3 pegmatite (Altai, NW China). European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 795-809.

7. Zhang AC, Wang RC, Jiang SY, Hu H, and Zhang H. 2008. Chemical and textural features of tourmaline from the spodumene-subtype Koktokay No.3 pegmatite, Altai, Northwestern China: a record of magmatic to hydrothermal evolution. Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 41-58.

8. Zhang AC, Wang RC, Li YL, Hu H, Lu XC, Ji JF, Zhang H. 2008. Tourmaline from the Koktokay No.3 pegmatite, Altai, NW China: Spectroscopic characterization and relationships with the pegmatite evolution. European Journal of Mineralogy, 20, 143-154.

9. Wang RC, Hu H, Zhang AC, Fontan F, De Parseval P, Jiang SY. 2007. Unusual Cs-dominant polylithionite in the Koktokay #3 pegmatite, Altai, NW China: In-situ EMP, micro-XRD, Raman probe characterization and implication for the storage of radioactive cesium. Contribution of Mineralogy and Petrology, 153, 355-367.

10. Wang RC, Hu H, Zhang AC, Fontan F, Zhang H, De Parseval P. 2006. Occurrence and late re-equilibration of pollucite from the Koktokay #3 pegmatite, Altai, Northwestern China. American Mineralogist, 91, 729-739.

11. Zhang AC, Wang RC, Hu H, Zhang H. 2004. Occurrences of foitite and rossmanite from the Koktokay No.3 granitic pegmatite dyke, NW China: A record of hydrothermal fluids. Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 873-882.

12. Zhang AC, Wang RC, Hu H, Zhang H, and Zhu JC. 2004. Chemical evolution of Nb-Ta oxides and Hf-rich zircon from the Koktokay No.3 granitic pegmatite, Altai, Northwestern China. Mineralogical Magazine, 68, 739-756.

13. Wang RC, Hu H, Zhang AC, Huang XL, Ni P. 2004. Pollucite and the cesium- dominant analogue of polylithionite as expression of extreme Cs enrichment in the Yichun topaz-lepidolite granite, southern China. Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 883-896.

14. Wang RC, Hu H, Zhang AC, Xu SJ, Wang DZ. 2003. Yttrium zoning in garnet from the Xihuashan granitic complex and its petrological implications. Chinese Science Bulletin, 48, 1611-1615.