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Subject 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 distinguishing feature has olivine and low Ca pyroxene homogeneity has part feldspar has fragmentation probability 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 prototype has degree of aqueous alteration has value has total mass of find has structural state of low Ca pyroxene has peak temperature has part matrix has volatile content has parent body 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 find date has part water has image has number of find has ablative mass loss has definition has chondrule mean diameter has part sulfide Ni content
CH chondriteagglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historieslow20 % by volumein weight %oldest and most primitive rock in solar system0.1 % by volume elemental carbongreater than 5 % deviationsminor primary grains onlyhigh because it is more friable than iron meteoritein 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 hereabout 70 % by volume8 % of meteorite fallschondrules very sharply definedrare relative to other chondrite typesALH 85085 meteoritenone 2577 kgpredominantly monoclinicless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidificationclastic and minor opaquelowasteroid smaller than 100 km in diameternonein degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude5 % 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 36high because it is more friable than iron meteorite 0.02 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     meteoritewhen the meteorite was found  1691directly proportional to initial velocitya meteorite whose fall was not witnessed  
Acfer 182agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historieswhich depends on its composition20 % by volumein weight %oldest and most primitive rock in solar system0.1 % by volumemeteorite findelemental carbongreater than 5 % deviationsminor primary grains onlyduring meteor phase which depends on compositionin weight %Algerian Sahara DesertAcfer 182clear, isotropic, variable abundancecan be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agentsdefinition goes hereabout 70 % by volume chondrules very sharply definedrare relative to other chondrite typesALH 85085 meteoritenonelower because the fall was not witnessed485755 kgpredominantly monoclinicless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidificationclastic and minor opaquelowasteroid smaller than 100 km in diameternone27° 41.40' N., 4° 22.72' E.5 % 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 19910.3 to 3 % by weight
1691directly proportional to initial velocity 0.02 millimetersless than 0.5 % by weight

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