howardite

howardite

English

Etymology

Howard +‎ -ite, after Edward Howard, a pioneer of meteoritics.

Noun

howardite (plural howardites)

1. (geology) An achondritic stony meteorite.
   • 1983, Jeremy S. Delaney et al., “The Nomenclature of Polymict Basaltic Achondrites”, in Meteoritics & Planetary Science, volume 18, number 2, DOI:10.1111/j.1945-5100.1983.tb00581.x:

     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%.

Derived terms

• HED

Anagrams

• tow haired, tow-haired