nakhlite Geol.
(ˈnɑːklaɪt)
[f. El Nakhla el Baharia, the village near Alexandria, Egypt, where the first known examples fell in 1911 + -ite1.]
Any of a class of achondrites containing about 75 per cent ferroan diopside and 15 per cent olivine.
| 1916 [see howardite 2]. 1962 B. Mason Meteorites vii. 116 The diopside-olivine achondrites or nakhlites are represented by two meteorites, Lafayette (Indiana, U.S.A.) and Nakhla (Egypt). 1971 [see howardite 2]. |
Hence nakhˈlitic a.
| 1963 Geochim. & Cosmochim. Acta XXVII. 1077 Abundances of cadmium have been determined by neutron-activation analysis in 31 meteorites:..0·18 and 1·79 p.p.m. in two nakhlitic achondrites. 1971 P. R. Buseck in B. Mason Handbk. Elemental Abundances in Meteorites 365 (table) Type... Nakhlitic. |