A New Occurrence of Phosphoran Olivine in Ungrouped Achondrite Northwest Africa 12319

R. L. Pang, Du W.

52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2021), Abstract #2417

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“We report the first description of P-rich olivine (up to 12.4 wt% P2O5) in an ungrouped achondrite NWA 12319 and propose that it might be formed from the high-T, P-rich residual melts after core crystallization of asteroid.”