Hallo Ben,
danke für das Stichwort.
Nun habe ich einen Aufsatz zum Kobe Meteoriten gefunden, in dem das Silicate-Darkening erklärt wird. Zitat:
"The matrix and chondrule mesostases exhibit pronounced silicate darkening. They contain unusual olivine that contains numerous small vesicles (<0.1-3 .MU.m in diameter) and inclusions (<0.1-10 .MU.m) of magnetite, pentlandite and minor plagioclase, pyroxene and chlorapatite. The vesicular olivine is particularly abundant in regions that exhibit a high degree of darkening. The vesicular olivine is clearly the principal cause of the silicate darkening. Plagioclase in matrix and chondrule mesostases also contains numerous small vesicles and inclusions of magnetite, pyroxene and minor pentlandite and olivine. The texture and mineralogy of the vesicular olivine and plagioclase suggest that they recrystallized from melts that were produced from olivine and plagioclase in the matrix by shock. We suggest that the shock event occurred at a relatively mild pressure and a high temperature, probably at the state where the meteorite underwent thermal metamorphism."
The Kobe CK carbonaceous chondrite: petrography, mineralogy and metamorphism
http://sciencelinks.jp/j-east/article/200517/000020051705A0611040.phpAlso zusammengefasst gab es bei dem CK-Mutterkörper ein Schockereignis zu einer Zeit, in der er eh noch recht stark erhitzt war. Dadurch ist das Olivin teilweise geschmolzen und dann zu blasenförmigem Olivin kristallisiert. Dieses blasenförmige Olivin findet man vor allem in den besonders schwarzen Regionen im Meteoriten und es ist die Hauptursache für die Schwärzung.
Grüsse,
Mark