Figure 17.

Metal and sulfide loss in some dominantly silicate-bearing partially-melted achondrite meteorites as a function of increasing degrees of partial melting. The effect of increased partial melting led to the generation of efficient metal melt networks and the segregation of metal and sulfide from silicate. Winonaites can be interpreted as metamorphosed meteorites with chondritic bulk compositions (no partial melting) and brachinites represent residues after approximately 13 to 30% partial melting. (a) is modified from Day (2015). Sources of data: Nehru et al. (1983); Warren and Kallemeyn 1989; Takeda et al. (19940; Papike et al. (1995); McCoy et al. (1996); Mittlefehldt et al. (1998, 2003); Goodrich et al. (2011) and references therein.