Aubrites are typically light-colored, and with a brownish fusion crust. Most aubrites are heavily brecciated. It`s often said that they look `lunar` in origin. Aubrites are primarily composed of large white crystals of the Fe-poor, Mg-rich orthopyroxene, or enstatite. Around this matrix, they have minor phases of olivine, nickel-iron metal, tro......
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Aubres meteorite. Size = 0.8 cm A type of achondrite (a stony meteorite lacking inclusions known as chondrules) composed mostly of the magnesium silicate mineral enstatite (Mg2Si2O6) - hence their alternative name enstatite ach...
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