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| Basic information | Name: Asuka 881839 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: A-881839 Observed fall: No Year found: 1988 Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan] Mass:  39.6 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 522 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Comments: | Approved 28 Jun 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MN J15(1):
A-881839 The section shows a breccia composed of mm-sized orthopyroxene and minor plagioclase. Orthopyroxene in some cases contains blebby augite. Orthopyroxene has a composition of Fs25.6-27.7Wo3.2-9.4 and a FeO/MnO ratio of ~27. Plagioclase is An88.4-91.5. The meteorite is a brecciated diogenite. | ||||||||||||||||
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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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