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howardites

howardites is the plural of howardite.

Meaning of howardite

Noun

howardite (plural howardites)

  1. An achondritic stony meteorite.
    • 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%.1983, Jeremy S. Delaney et al., “The Nomenclature of Polymict Basaltic Achondrites”, in Meteoritics & Planetary Science, volume 18, number 2, →DOI

Questions about howardites

What is howardites the plural of?
Howardites is the plural of howardite.

Words near howardites in the dictionary

  1. Howard County
  2. Howard's battlers
  3. howardevansite
  4. Howardian
  5. howardite
  6. howardites
  7. howarditic
  8. Howards
  9. Howards Grass
  10. Howarth
  11. Howarths

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