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Camel Donga 003
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Camel Donga 003	is an instance of CK3 chondrite
	has image
	has name Camel Donga
	is an instance of eucrite
	has find date 1984
	has fall location Camel Donga, West Australia, Australia
eucrite	has letter designation AUEC
	has characteristic mineral anorthite-pigeonite Ca-rich
	has total mass of finds 231 kg
	has number of finds 23
CK chondrite	has petrologic type 3 to 6
	has prototype ??? meteorite
	has chondrule abundance 15 % by volume
	has matrix abundance 75 % by volume
	has refractory inclusion abundance 4 % by volume
	has metal abundance 0.01 % by volume
	has chondrule mean diameter 0.7 millimeters
type 3 chondrite	has petrologic type 3
	has degree of aqueous alteration none
	has degree of thermal metamorphism none
	has olivine and low Ca pyroxene homogeneity greater than 5 % deviations
	has structural state of low Ca pyroxene predominantly monoclinic
	has chondrule glass type clear, isotropic, variable abundance
	has part feldspar minor primary grains only
	has part maximum bulk Ni in metal greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship
	has part sulfide Ni content less than 0.5 % by weight
	has part matrix clastic and minor opaque
	has part chondrule chondrules very sharply defined
	has part carbon 0.2 to 1 % by weight
	has part water 0.3 to 3 % by weight
HED meteorite	is an acronym for Howardite, Eucrite, Diogenite
	has origin 4 Vesta
	has minerology orthopyroxene, olivine, chromite; pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silica
	has petrology coarse-grained orthopyroxenites, gabbros, fine- to coarse-grained basalts, brecciated
	has likely origin cumulates, crystallized melts, impact mixing
carbonaceous chondrite	has relative abundance 8 % of meteorite falls
	has distinguishing feature elemental carbon
	has abundance rare relative to other chondrite types
volcanic rock	has solidification mechanism extrusion onto the surface of the planet or asteroid via a volcanic eruption
	has solidification timescale very rapid
chondrite	has petrologic type range which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism
	has homogeneity of olivine and low Ca pyroxene definition goes here
	has part metal maximum bulk in weight %
	has part mean Ni content of sulfides in weight %
igneous rock	has composition silicates (with very few exceptions)
stony meteorite	has weather resistance low
	has fragmentation probability high because it is more friable than iron meteorite
	has ablative mass loss high because it is more friable than iron meteorite
undifferentiated meteorite	has peak temperature less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification
	has parent body asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter
	has age oldest and most primitive rock in solar system
rock	has part mineral
	has texture
	has genesis
meteorite	has fall date recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods
	has fall coordinates in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude
	has fall map which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity
	can have crater image
	has original mass which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site
	has impact velocity when it hits the ground which is smaller than its velocity before it enters the atmosphere
	has impact angle
	has monetary value large if the fall was witnessed
	often produce power outages and failures in electrical equipment due to EMP (electromagnetic pulse)
	can be associated with crater
	vaporizes completely if size is between 3 micrometers and 3 millimeters
	can survive fall if size is larger than 3 mm and velocity is less than 24 km per second
	can survive fall if it fragments because smaller pieces with less mass are more easily slowed by the atmosphere
	can shatter during impact phase
	can fragment during meteor phase
conglomerate	has sediment mechanism agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories

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