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Science 15 June 1979:
Vol. 204. no. 4398, pp. 1201 - 1203
DOI: 10.1126/science.204.4398.1201
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Allan Hills 77005: A New Meteorite Type Found in Antarctica

HARRY Y. MCSWEEN JR. 1, LAWRENCE A. TAYLOR 1, and EDWARD M. STOLPER 2

1 Department of Geological Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37916
2 Department of Geological Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

The unique achondrite ALHA 77005 appears to be related to shergottite meteorites through igneous differentiation and may have affinities with mafic rocks on the earth.

Submitted on January 25, 1979
Revised on March 9, 1979


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