howardite

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Etymology[edit]

Howard +‎ -ite, after Edward Howard, a pioneer of meteoritics.

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howardite (plural howardites)

  1. (geology) An achondritic stony meteorite.
    • 1983, Jeremy S. Delaney et al., “The Nomenclature of Polymict Basaltic Achondrites”, in Meteoritics & Planetary Science, volume 18, number 2, →DOI:
      The recommended criterion is based on the amount of magnesian ortho‐pyroxenite (diogenite) component in the meteorite. Howardites contain more than 10% and polymict eucrites contain less than 10%.

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