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Canyon Diablo
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Canyon Diablo	has image
	has name Canyon Diablo
	is an instance of Og octahedrite
	has fall date 20000 to 40000 years ago
	has fall location Coconino County, Arizona, 60 km east of Flagstaff
	has fall coordinates 35° 3' N., 111° 2' W.
	has fall map
	has original mass 63000 tons
	has original size 25 meters
	has impact velocity 15 km per second
	has crater image
	have composition 7.1% Ni, 0.46% Co, 0.26% P, about 1% C, about 1% S, 80 ppm Ga, 320 ppm Ge, 1.9 ppm Ir
	has crystal size 2.0 ± 0.5 mm (coarse)
Og octahedrite	has structural class Og
structural iron meteorite	has distinguishing feature crystalline iron-nickel alloy
iron meteorite	has relative abundance 5.7 % of meteorite falls
	has total mass of finds 454624 kg
	has number of finds 532
	has weather resistance high
	has fragmentation probability low because it is tougher than stony meteorite
	has ablative mass loss low because it has higher tensile strength than stony meteorite
metal-rich meteorite	has metal content higher than that of average solar system material
	has nickel content always greater than 4 %
differentiated meteorite	has origin planet or asteroid much larger than 100 km in diameter
meteorite	can have crater image
	has composition often minerals not found on Earth
	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
igneous rock	has composition silicates (with very few exceptions)
	has solidification mechanism
	has solidification timescale
rock	has part mineral
	has texture
	has genesis

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