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Record 1 1986-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronomy
  • Planets
DEF

An achondritic stony meteorite consisting chiefly of purple titaniferous augite (more than 90%) with a little olivine and troilite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie
  • Planètes
CONT

D'autres achondrites sont pauvres en fer, nickel et magnésium; riches en calcium et aluminium: ce sont les angrites (augite, olivine ferrifère ou hédenbergite-diopside), (...)

CONT

Les achondrites à augite (angrites) sont représentées par une seule pierre connue : Angra dos Reis. (L'augite est un diopside alumineux et, dans ce cas, titanifère.)

Spanish

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