Plagioclase in Yamato-7308 Meteorite from Antarctica

• Main Authors: Kanenori Suwa, Kenzo Yagi
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Nagoya University 1979
• Subjects: Yamato; Antarc*; Antarctica; Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=1049; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00001049/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=1049&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

Twinning patterns, optical angles, Kohler angles, and other optical properties and chemical compositions of the calcic plagioclases in Yamato-7308 meteorite from Antarctica were examined. The Yamato-7308 meteorite is a howardite consisting of polymict breccia of eucrite and diogenite fragments. Plag...