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Asuka 87122 | |||||||||||||||||
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Basic information | Name: Asuka 87122 This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: A-87122 Observed fall: No Year found: 1987 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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Writeup from MN J10(1):
A-87122 (eucrite)
This section shows an aggregate of coarse pyroxene and plagioclase (<2 mm in size) with minor amount of silica, oxides and troilite. This rock is shocked and brecciated. Pyroxene and plagioclase show a mosaic extinction. | ||||||||||||||||
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References: | Published in Meteorite Newsletter 10(1) (2001), NIPR, Tokyo 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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