Introduction: The samples from the Stardust space probe will offer the first opportunity for analyzing cometary matter collected under controlled conditions together with contemporary interstellar dust particles [1, 2]. Moreover, Stardust is the first sample return mission ever that provides material from a known solar system object other than the moon. The primary goal after sample arrival is ...

Abstract The Proterozoic Chotanagpur Granite Gneiss Complex (CGGC) at the northern boundary of Central Indian Tectonic Zone (CITZ) eastern shield preserves relics fossilized oceanic back-arc crust. We describe field, petrographical and geochemical characteristics mafic rocks comprising pillow basalts dolerites from Bathani area fringe CGGC, India. consist plagioclase feldspar, hornblende, opaqu...

The Sungun Cu-Mo porphyry deposit forms part of the Ahar–Arasbaran Magmatic Belt (AAMB). Its host Miocene stock is quartz monzonitic in composition and cut by intermediate dykes that post-date mineralization. These contain pyroxene enclaves ambiguous origin. Dykes microdiorite are observed within diorite dykes, whereas later three different kinds (diorite, hornfels) sizes between 1 10 cm. Encla...