Mn-Cr isotope systematics of the D'Orbigny angrite

We have conducted a detailed study of the Mn-Cr systematics of the angrite D'Orbigny. Here, we report Cr isotopic abundances and Mn/Cr ratios in olivine, pyroxene, glass, chromite, and bulk rock samples from D'Orbigny. Cr-53 excesses in these samples correlate well with their respective Mn/Cr ratios and define an isochron with a slope that corresponds to an initial Mn-53/Mn-55 ratio = (3.24 +/- 0.04) x 10(-6) and initial Cr-53/Cr-52 ratio of epsilon(53) = 0.30 +/- 0.03 at the time of isotopic closure. The Mn-53/Mn-55 ratio of the D'Orbigny bulk rock is more than two-fold the Mn-53/Mn-55 ratio of the angrites Lewis Cliff 86010 (LEW) and Angra dos Reis (ADOR) and implies an older Mn-Cr age of 4562.9 +/- 0.6 Ma for D'Orbigny relative to a Pb-Pb age of 4557.8 +/- 0.5 Ma for LEW and ADOR. One of the most unusual aspects of D'Orbigny is the presence of glass, a phase that has not been identified in any of the other angrites. The Mn-Cr data for glass and a pyroxene fraction found in druses indicate that they formed contemporaneously with the main phases of the meteorite. Since the Mn-Cr age of D'Orbigny is similar to5 Ma years older than the angrites LEW and ADOR, D'Orbigny likely represents an earlier stage in the evolution of the angrite parent body.