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CR chondrite comparison table
Subject has weather resistance has olivine shock metamorphism is independent of has shock pressure has image has weather has relative abundance has fragmentation probability has metamorphism mechanism has fall date has fall description has number of find has orthopyroxene shock metamorphism has plagioclase shock metamorphism has degree of shock metamorphism has mass has shock diagnostic mineral has name be shock has fall location is an instance of has shock stage has value has fall coordinate has ablative mass loss has total mass of find
Acfer 059low     8 % of meteorite fallshigh because it is more friable than iron meteoriteaqueous altermationrecorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods 36     based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityCR chondrite  in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudehigh because it is more friable than iron meteorite2577 kg
El Djouf 001low     8 % of meteorite fallshigh because it is more friable than iron meteoriteaqueous altermationrecorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods 36     based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityCR chondrite  in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudehigh because it is more friable than iron meteorite2577 kg
Renazzowhich depends on its compositionundulatory extinction, irregular fracturesthe nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration5 to 10 GPa
negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion begins during meteor phase which depends on compositionshock metamorphismJanuary 15, 1824 8:30 pmwhat witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments1691undulatory extinction, irregular fractures, some planar fracturesundulatory extinction, irregular fracturesvery weakly shocked10 kgorthopyroxene for enstatite chondriteRenazzobefore, during or after other types of metamorphismRenazzo, ItalyS2 shock stage chondriteS2higher because the fall was witnessed44° 46' N., 11° 17' E.directly proportional to initial velocity485755 kg

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