A Breccia of Ureilitic and C2 Carbonaceous Chondrite Materials from Almahata Sitta: Implications for the Regolith of Ureilitic Asteroids

Goodrich C. A. * Fioretti A. M. Zolensky M. Fries M. Shaddad M. Kohl I. Young E. Jenniskens P.

80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6214]

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“We report the first sample from Almahata Sitta that consists of both ureilitic and chondritic (C2) lithologies. It is a breccia representing well-gardened regolith from an ureilitic asteroid.”