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DaG 275 comparison table

Subject has part mean Ni content of sulfide has weather resistance has part carbon has alteration temperature range has olivine shock metamorphism has part matrix has prototype is independent of has shock pressure has acronym has matrix abundance has sediment mechanism has image has weather has distinguishing feature has degree of secondary process has part feldspar has metal abundance has refractory inclusion abundance has relative abundance has fragmentation probability has chondrule mean diameter has metamorphism mechanism has weathering stage is a kind of has chondrule glass type has age has part sulfide Ni content has part maximum bulk Ni in metal has number of find has petrologic type has find date has part water has degree of thermal metamorphism has orthopyroxene shock metamorphism has plagioclase shock metamorphism has degree of shock metamorphism has abundance has peak temperature has shock diagnostic mineral has name be shock has fall location is an instance of has shock stage has part metal maximum bulk has homogeneity of olivine and low Ca pyroxene has structural state of low Ca pyroxene has value has fall coordinate has olivine and low Ca pyroxene homogeneity has ablative mass loss has total mass of find has chondrule abundance has parent body has part chondrule has petrologic type range

CK4 chondrite in weight % low less than 0.2 % by weight the range over at which the alteration took place transparent, recrystallized, small crystals ??? meteorite 75 % by volume agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories elemental carbon providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid secondary, grains than 2 microns 0.01 % by volume 4 % by volume 8 % of meteorite falls high because it is more friable than iron meteorite 0.7 millimeters thermal metamorphism type 4 chondrite devitrified, absent oldest and most primitive rock in solar system less than 0.5 % by weight greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship 36 4 less than 1.5 % by weight weak rare relative to other chondrite types less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification 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 velocity in weight % definition goes here greater than 20 % monoclinic in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude less than 5 % mean deviations high because it is more friable than iron meteorite 2577 kg 15 % by volume asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter chondrules well defined which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism

Dar al Gani meteorite which depends on its composition DaG can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents during meteor phase which depends on composition Sahara meteorite 1691 when the meteorite was found based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred Dar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara Desert lower because the fall was not witnessed in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude directly proportional to initial velocity 485755 kg

S2 shock stage chondrite in weight % which depends on its composition in weight % undulatory extinction, irregular fractures fine grained disequilibrium mixture of silicates, oxides, metal, sulfides and organic constituents the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration 5 to 10 GPa in volume % agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid usually plagioclase tectosilicate in volume % in volume % during meteor phase which depends on composition millimeters shock metamorphism S2 shock stage meteorite oldest and most primitive rock in solar system 1691 in weight % undulatory extinction, irregular fractures, some planar fractures undulatory extinction, irregular fractures very weakly shocked less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred before, during or after other types of metamorphism strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity S2 in weight % definition goes here definition goes here in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude directly proportional to initial velocity 485755 kg in volume % asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter small sphere of about 1 mm diameter of formerly melted minerals which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism

DaG 275 in weight % which depends on its composition less than 0.2 % by weight the range over at which the alteration took place undulatory extinction, irregular fractures transparent, recrystallized, small crystals ??? meteorite the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration 5 to 10 GPa DaG 75 % by volume agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories
can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents elemental carbon providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid secondary, grains than 2 microns 0.01 % by volume 4 % by volume during meteor phase which depends on composition 0.7 millimeters shock metamorphism W4 devitrified, absent oldest and most primitive rock in solar system less than 0.5 % by weight greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship 1691 4 1997 less than 1.5 % by weight weak undulatory extinction, irregular fractures, some planar fractures undulatory extinction, irregular fractures very weakly shocked rare relative to other chondrite types less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite DaG 275 before, during or after other types of metamorphism Dar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara Desert S2 shock stage chondrite S2 in weight % definition goes here greater than 20 % monoclinic lower because the fall was not witnessed 27° 21.74' N., 16° 05.38' E. less than 5 % mean deviations directly proportional to initial velocity 485755 kg 15 % by volume asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter chondrules well defined which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism

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Subject	has part mean Ni content of sulfide	has weather resistance	has part carbon	has alteration temperature range	has olivine shock metamorphism	has part matrix	has prototype	is independent of	has shock pressure	has acronym	has matrix abundance	has sediment mechanism	has image	has weather	has distinguishing feature	has degree of secondary process	has part feldspar	has metal abundance	has refractory inclusion abundance	has relative abundance	has fragmentation probability	has chondrule mean diameter	has metamorphism mechanism	has weathering stage	is a kind of	has chondrule glass type	has age	has part sulfide Ni content	has part maximum bulk Ni in metal	has number of find	has petrologic type	has find date	has part water	has degree of thermal metamorphism	has orthopyroxene shock metamorphism	has plagioclase shock metamorphism	has degree of shock metamorphism	has abundance	has peak temperature	has shock diagnostic mineral	has name	be shock	has fall location	is an instance of	has shock stage	has part metal maximum bulk	has homogeneity of olivine and low Ca pyroxene	has structural state of low Ca pyroxene	has value	has fall coordinate	has olivine and low Ca pyroxene homogeneity	has ablative mass loss	has total mass of find	has chondrule abundance	has parent body	has part chondrule	has petrologic type range
CK4 chondrite	in weight %	low	less than 0.2 % by weight	the range over at which the alteration took place		transparent, recrystallized, small crystals	??? meteorite				75 % by volume	agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories			elemental carbon	providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid	secondary, grains than 2 microns	0.01 % by volume	4 % by volume	8 % of meteorite falls	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	0.7 millimeters	thermal metamorphism		type 4 chondrite	devitrified, absent	oldest and most primitive rock in solar system	less than 0.5 % by weight	greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship	36	4		less than 1.5 % by weight	weak				rare relative to other chondrite types	less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification		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 velocity			in weight %	definition goes here	greater than 20 % monoclinic		in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude	less than 5 % mean deviations	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	2577 kg	15 % by volume	asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter	chondrules well defined	which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism
Dar al Gani meteorite		which depends on its composition								DaG				can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents							during meteor phase which depends on composition				Sahara meteorite					1691		when the meteorite was found									based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred		Dar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara Desert						lower because the fall was not witnessed	in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude		directly proportional to initial velocity	485755 kg
S2 shock stage chondrite	in weight %	which depends on its composition	in weight %		undulatory extinction, irregular fractures	fine grained disequilibrium mixture of silicates, oxides, metal, sulfides and organic constituents		the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration	5 to 10 GPa		in volume %	agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories				providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid	usually plagioclase tectosilicate	in volume %	in volume %		during meteor phase which depends on composition	millimeters	shock metamorphism		S2 shock stage meteorite		oldest and most primitive rock in solar system			1691			in weight %		undulatory extinction, irregular fractures, some planar fractures	undulatory extinction, irregular fractures	very weakly shocked		less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification	orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite	based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred	before, during or after other types of metamorphism	strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity		S2	in weight %	definition goes here	definition goes here		in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude		directly proportional to initial velocity	485755 kg	in volume %	asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter	small sphere of about 1 mm diameter of formerly melted minerals	which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism
DaG 275	in weight %	which depends on its composition	less than 0.2 % by weight	the range over at which the alteration took place	undulatory extinction, irregular fractures	transparent, recrystallized, small crystals	??? meteorite	the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration	5 to 10 GPa	DaG	75 % by volume	agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories		can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents	elemental carbon	providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid	secondary, grains than 2 microns	0.01 % by volume	4 % by volume		during meteor phase which depends on composition	0.7 millimeters	shock metamorphism	W4		devitrified, absent	oldest and most primitive rock in solar system	less than 0.5 % by weight	greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship	1691	4	1997	less than 1.5 % by weight	weak	undulatory extinction, irregular fractures, some planar fractures	undulatory extinction, irregular fractures	very weakly shocked	rare relative to other chondrite types	less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification	orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite	DaG 275	before, during or after other types of metamorphism	Dar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara Desert	S2 shock stage chondrite	S2	in weight %	definition goes here	greater than 20 % monoclinic	lower because the fall was not witnessed	27° 21.74' N., 16° 05.38' E.	less than 5 % mean deviations	directly proportional to initial velocity	485755 kg	15 % by volume	asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter	chondrules well defined	which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism