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  • noun Plural form of angrite.

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  • Weiss, the Victor P. Starr Career Development Assistant Professor of Planetary Sciences in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, and his five co-authors examined pieces of three meteorites called angrites, which are among the most ancient rocks known.

    YubaNet.com 2008

  • A rare class of meteorites called angrites likely come from a strange protoplanet that was catastrophically destroyed in the early solar system, leaving only fragmentary remnants.

    The Destroyed Remnants of a Lost World Are Falling to Earth, Scientists Discover Becky Ferreira 2026

  • For decades, scientists have puzzled over the origin of angrites, a rare class of about 70 meteorites with unique volcanic compositions that suggest they were forged in a large ancient object with differentiated layers, including a metallic core and a magma ocean.

    The Destroyed Remnants of a Lost World Are Falling to Earth, Scientists Discover Becky Ferreira 2026

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