Shergottite

The shergottite subgroup is named after Shergotty, an achondrite which fell in India in 1865. Shergottites are pigeonite and augite-dominated basalts, samples of lavas that once flowed on their parent world. Aside from Shergotty, shergottites include Zagami (Nigeria 1962) and the antarctic meteorites ALH77005 and EET79001.

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