Lodranites

Lodranites consist of approximately equal amounts of metal, olivine, and pyroxene. Lodranites are sometimes classified as primitive achondrites - "primitive" because they seem to have a chondritic major element bulk chemistry and "achondrites" because they may exhibit achondritic textures. Because all known lodranites are similar to one another in terms of major element chemistry and mineralogy, they are believed to have formed on the same parent body. The differences that do exist among lodranites are attributed to varying degrees of melting.

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