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Asuka 881821 | |||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Asuka 881821 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: A-881821 Observed fall: No Year found: 1988 Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan] Mass: 457 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 409 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-881821 The section shows a breccia mainly composed of coarse-grained (~1-2 mm) pyroxene-plagioclase clast and mineral fragments. Pyroxene compositions vary from Fs32.4Wo3.9 to Fs62.3Wo3.7 and has a FeO/MnO ratio of ~29. Plagioclase is An89.0-95.1. 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 44547 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||
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