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Meaning of nakhlite in English:

nakhlite

Pronunciation /ˈnɑːklʌɪt/

noun

Geology

  • Any of a class of achondritic stony meteorites which originate from Mars and are rich in augite.

Origin

Early 20th century; earliest use found in Mineralogy Magazine. From the name of El Nakhla el Baharia, a village near Alexandria, Egypt, where the first examples of this kind of meteorite to be identified fell in 1911 + -ite.