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Asuka 881820 | |||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Asuka 881820 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: A-881820 Observed fall: No Year found: 1988 Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan] Mass: 762 g | ||||||||||||||||
Classification history: |
This is 1 of 408 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-pmict. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||
Comments: | Approved 28 Jun 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
Writeup |
Writeup from MN J15(1):
A-881820 The section shows a breccia mainly composed of coarse-grained (~1 mm) clasts and mineral fragments. One large (~2.5 mm) coarse-grained clast shows a cataclastic texture, and has a high abundance of pyroxene. Pyroxene compositions vary from Fs22.2Wo2.3 to Fs30.5Wo8.8. Plagioclase composition is An91.7-93.9. The meteorite is a polymict eucrite. | ||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteorite newsletter : Japanese collection of Antarctic meteorites/Meteorite newsletter : Japanese collection of Antarctic meteorites,15, (2007-06) Never published in the Meteoritical Bulletin
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Statistics: This is 1 of 44543 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||
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