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| Basic information | Name: Asuka 880621 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: A-880621 Observed fall: No Year found: 1988 Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan] Mass:  48.6 g | ||||||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 395 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-pmict. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MN J11(1):
A-880621 The section is a breccia with areas of dark impact melts. There are fragments of inverted pigeonites with blebby augite, and a basaltic clast. Compositions of pyroxene are En65.0-25.1Wo2.3-37.6 and those of plagioclase, An96.3-78.2. This rock is a polymict eucrite. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from: MB87 Table A2 Line 24: |
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| References: | Published in Meteorite newsletter : Japanese collection of Antarctic meteorites / Meteorite newsletter : Japanese collection of Antarctic meteorites ,11(1),1-49 (2002-10) Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 87, MAPS 38, A189-A248 (2003)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 43856 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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