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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
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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
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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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