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Abbott comparison table
Subject has iron metal and iron sulfide has sediment mechanism has weather resistance has metal abundance has part mean Ni content of sulfide has age has refractory inclusion abundance is an instance of has total iron content has olivine and low Ca pyroxene homogeneity has part feldspar has fragmentation probability has metal iron content has part metal maximum bulk has fall location has name has chondrule glass type has weather has homogeneity of olivine and low Ca pyroxene has chondrule abundance has relative abundance has part chondrule has abundance has degree of aqueous alteration has value has total mass of find has structural state of low Ca pyroxene has peak temperature has parent body has part matrix has degree of thermal metamorphism has fall coordinate has matrix abundance has petrologic type range has part carbon has petrologic type has part maximum bulk Ni in metal is a kind of has comment has find date has part water has mass has image has number of find has ablative mass loss has synonym has definition has chondrule mean diameter has part sulfide Ni content
H3 chondrite75 % of total ironagglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historieslow10 % by volumein weight %oldest and most primitive rock in solar system0.1 to 1 % by volume highgreater than 5 % deviationsminor primary grains onlyhigh because it is more friable than iron meteorite12 to 21 %in weight %strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitybased on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurredclear, isotropic, variable abundance definition goes here60 to 80 % by volume85.7 % of meteorite fallschondrules very sharply definedmost common chondrite observed from fallsnone 349 kgpredominantly monoclinicless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidificationasteroid smaller than 100 km in diameterclastic and minor opaquenonein degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude10 to 15 % by volumewhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism0.2 to 1 % by weight3greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationshiptype 3 chondrite  0.3 to 3 % by weight  9high because it is more friable than iron meteoritebronzite chondrite 0.3 millimetersless than 0.5 % by weight
meteorite find  which depends on its composition        during meteor phase which depends on composition  strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitybased on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents      lower because the fall was not witnessed485755 kg     in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude     meteorite when the meteorite was found   1691directly proportional to initial velocity a meteorite whose fall was not witnessed  
Abbott75 % of total ironagglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historieswhich depends on its composition10 % by volumein weight %oldest and most primitive rock in solar system0.1 to 1 % by volumemeteorite findhighgreater than 5 % deviationsminor primary grains onlyduring meteor phase which depends on composition12 to 21 %in weight %Colfax County, New MexicoAbbottclear, isotropic, variable abundancecan be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agentsdefinition goes here60 to 80 % by volume chondrules very sharply definedmost common chondrite observed from fallsnonelower because the fall was not witnessed349 kgpredominantly monoclinicless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidificationasteroid smaller than 100 km in diameterclastic and minor opaquenone36° 18' N., 104° 17' W.10 to 15 % by volumewhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism0.2 to 1 % by weight3greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship polymict regolith breccia19510.3 to 3 % by weight9.5 kg
9directly proportional to initial velocitybronzite chondrite 0.3 millimetersless than 0.5 % by weight

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