eucrite

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eucrite [′yü‚krīt]

(mineralogy)

An olivine-bearing gabbro containing unusually calcic plagiocase; a meteorite component.

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No references found			The rock belongs to a group of meteorites known as eucrites and considered to be fragments chipped from the giant asteroid 4 Vesta. Asteroids formed early on in solar history by Cowen, R. / Science News The three meteorite types -- the eucrites, howardites and diogenites -- came from an asteroid big enough for its surface rock to melt, possibly from the heat of radioactive elements inside it, concludes a team headed by Dale P. An asteroid's offspring by Science News This one, too, resembles a eucrite, but its ratio of iron to manganese resembles that of other lunar rock types, notes Keizo Yanai of the Institute of Polar Research in Tokyo. Meteorites from the moon's lava plains by Eberhart, Jonathan / Science News			Eucken, Rudolf Eucken, Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Walter Euclase Euclasterida Eucleidae Euclid Euclid of Alexandria Euclid of Megara Euclid's Algorithm Euclid's Elements euclidean algorithm Euclidean Geometry Euclidean norm euclidean quantum field theory Euclidean ring Euclidean Space Euclio Euclydes da Cunha Euclymeninae Eucnemidae Eucoccida Eucoelomata Eucommia Eucommiales eucrite eucryptite Eudactylinidae Eudaemonism Eudes Eudes, Emile Francois Desire Eudes, Émile François Desiré eudialite Eudialyte Eudicotyledons eudidymite eudiometer Eudocia Eudocia Macrembolitissa Eudora Eudoxia eudoxid eudoxome Eudoxus of Cnidus Eudoxus of Cyzicus Euechinoidea Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge Eugen Barbu Eugen Bleuler Eugen Boehm-Bawerk Eugen Duhring			EUCOM Command and Control System EUCOM Deployable Command and Control System Eucom Deployment & Distribution Operations Center EUCOM Intelligence Support System EUCOMACT EUCOMED Eucommia Eucommia ulmoides Eucommia Ulmoides Oliver Leaf Eucommiaceae Eucommiales EuCon Euconodonta Euconodonta Eucopepoda EUCOR EUCOS Eucotylidae EUCP EUCPCM EUCPN eucrasia eucrasia Eucrasy Eucre Eucre EUCREX eucrite eucrites Eucrustacea Eucrustacea Eucryphia Eucryphiaceae eucryphias Eucryptite EUCS EUCSI EUCT EUCTD Euctical EUCW EUCYS Eucytota Eucytota Eucytota EUD EUDA EUDAC Eudactylinidae eudaemon eudaemonia eudaemonic eudaemonics eudaemonism eudaemonism eudaemonist eudaemonist

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