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eucrite [′yü‚krīt] (mineralogy) An olivine-bearing gabbro containing unusually calcic plagiocase; a meteorite component. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The rock belongs to a group of meteorites known as eucrites and considered to be fragments chipped from the giant asteroid 4 nbsp;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. nbsp;called eucrites, for example, has been tentatively associated with the large asteroid Vesta, though this link is typical of such studies in that the limited data available fall far short of proving the eucrites actually came from Vesta. |
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