简介:Metalgrainsinstonymeteoritesarerelativelymovableduringthermalnetamorphism(Wood,1967;XieandWang,1979;Xie,1986).InviewofthefactthattheJilinmeteoriteisthelargestintheworldknownuptonow,itsmainbodyweighing1770kganditstotalvolumeamountingto117×93×84cm^3,ade-tailedinvestigationintosuchahugemeteoritebodywouldundoubtedlyprovideuswithalotofcluesandinformationvaluableinthestudyofthebehaviorofFe-Nimetalduringthermalmetamorphismofmeteorites.OurrecentinvestigationhasrevealedthatduringthermalmetamorphismoftheJilinchondirtefineFe-Nimetalparticlesmigratedeasilybydiffusioninsolidstate,andsubsequentlyaggregatedintometalnodulesabout5-10mminlength,andthelargestnodulewefoundis30mminsize(Photo1).Inthispaperwepresentsomenewresultsofourstudyconcerningthemigra-tionandconcentrationofFe-NimetalintheJilinchondriteonthebasisofop-tical,SEMobservationsandhigh-temperature-highpressureaswellasshockloadingexperiments.