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Asuka 881221 | |||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Asuka 881221 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: A-881221 Observed fall: No Year found: 1988 Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan] Mass: ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 569 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Eucrite. [show all] Search for other: Achondrites, Eucrites, and HED achondrites | ||||||||||||||||
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Approved 6 Oct 2005 Revised 6 Oct 2005: Metbase class replaced by that in MN 13(1) | ||||||||||||||||
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Writeup from MN J13(1):
A-881221 Brecciated eucrite PTS (51-1) shows a brecciated basaltic clast composed of fine to coarse (up to 2 mm) plagioclase lath and anhedral pyroxene. Pyroxene compositions vary from Fs31.8Wo53.7 to Fs29.7Wo42.6 (FeO/MnO=~31), and plagioclase from An93.3Or0.4 to An74.5Or2.2. | ||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteorite newsletter : Japanese collection of Antarctic meteorites/Meteorite newsletter : Japanese collection of Antarctic meteorites,13(1),1-24 (2005-10) Never published in the Meteoritical Bulletin
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Statistics: This is 1 of 43700 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names) | ||||||||||||||||
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