Allende meteorite

American

[ah-yen-day] / ɑˈjɛn deɪ /

noun

Astronomy.

a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite that fell over northern Mexico in 1969: one of the largest recorded falls of a stony meteorite.

After Pueblito de Allende, village in Chihuahua, Mexico, near where pieces of it were recovered

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Allende meteorite

In the recent research, the team studied a specific CAI found in a piece of the Allende meteorite.

From US News ● Mar. 7, 2011

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