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DaG 608 comparison table

Subject has part mean Ni content of sulfide has weather resistance has part carbon has synonym has alteration temperature range has olivine shock metamorphism has part matrix is independent of has shock pressure has acronym has matrix abundance has sediment mechanism has olivine composition has image has weather 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 number of fragment has part sulfide Ni content has part maximum bulk Ni in metal has total iron content has number of find has petrologic type has find date has comment has part water has degree of thermal metamorphism has orthopyroxene shock metamorphism has plagioclase shock metamorphism has iron metal and iron sulfide has degree of shock metamorphism has mass has abundance has peak temperature has shock diagnostic mineral be shock has fall location is an instance of has pyroxene composition 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 metal iron content classified by has petrologic type range

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 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

L6 chondrite in weight % low less than 0.2 % by weight hypersthene chondrite the range over at which the alteration took place transparent, recrystallized, coarse crystals 10 to 15 % by volume agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid secondary, grains greater than 50 microns 5 % by volume 0.1 to 1 % by volume 85.7 % of meteorite falls high because it is more friable than iron meteorite 0.7 millimeters thermal metamorphism type 6 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 low 155 6 less than 1.5 % by weight strong 50 % of total iron most common chondrite observed from falls less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity in weight % definition goes here orthorhombic in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude homogeneous high because it is more friable than iron meteorite 4673 kg 60 to 80 % by volume asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter chondrules poorly defined 5 to 10 % which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism

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 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 608 in weight % which depends on its composition less than 0.2 % by weight hypersthene chondrite the range over at which the alteration took place undulatory extinction, irregular fractures transparent, recrystallized, coarse crystals the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration 5 to 10 GPa DaG 10 to 15 % by volume agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories Fa% 25.1
can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid secondary, grains greater than 50 microns 5 % by volume 0.1 to 1 % by volume during meteor phase which depends on composition 0.7 millimeters thermal metamorphism W3 devitrified, absent oldest and most primitive rock in solar system 1 less than 0.5 % by weight greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship low 155 6 1998 shock veins less than 1.5 % by weight strong undulatory extinction, irregular fractures, some planar fractures undulatory extinction, irregular fractures 50 % of total iron very weakly shocked 1.870 kg most common chondrite observed from falls less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite before, during or after other types of metamorphism Dar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara Desert L6 chondrite Fs% 21.5 S2 in weight % definition goes here orthorhombic lower because the fall was not witnessed 26° 58.22' N. 16° 21.65' E. homogeneous directly proportional to initial velocity 4673 kg 60 to 80 % by volume asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter chondrules poorly defined 5 to 10 % Open University, UK. Meteoritical Bulletin No 83 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 synonym	has alteration temperature range	has olivine shock metamorphism	has part matrix	is independent of	has shock pressure	has acronym	has matrix abundance	has sediment mechanism	has olivine composition	has image	has weather	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 number of fragment	has part sulfide Ni content	has part maximum bulk Ni in metal	has total iron content	has number of find	has petrologic type	has find date	has comment	has part water	has degree of thermal metamorphism	has orthopyroxene shock metamorphism	has plagioclase shock metamorphism	has iron metal and iron sulfide	has degree of shock metamorphism	has mass	has abundance	has peak temperature	has shock diagnostic mineral	be shock	has fall location	is an instance of	has pyroxene composition	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 metal iron content	classified by	has petrologic type range
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													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
L6 chondrite	in weight %	low	less than 0.2 % by weight	hypersthene chondrite	the range over at which the alteration took place		transparent, recrystallized, coarse crystals				10 to 15 % by volume	agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories				providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid	secondary, grains greater than 50 microns	5 % by volume	0.1 to 1 % by volume	85.7 % of meteorite falls	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	0.7 millimeters	thermal metamorphism		type 6 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	low	155	6			less than 1.5 % by weight	strong			50 % of total iron			most common chondrite observed from falls	less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification			strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity				in weight %	definition goes here	orthorhombic		in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude	homogeneous	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	4673 kg	60 to 80 % by volume	asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter	chondrules poorly defined	5 to 10 %		which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism
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	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 608	in weight %	which depends on its composition	less than 0.2 % by weight	hypersthene chondrite	the range over at which the alteration took place	undulatory extinction, irregular fractures	transparent, recrystallized, coarse crystals	the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration	5 to 10 GPa	DaG	10 to 15 % by volume	agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories	Fa% 25.1		can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents	providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid	secondary, grains greater than 50 microns	5 % by volume	0.1 to 1 % by volume		during meteor phase which depends on composition	0.7 millimeters	thermal metamorphism	W3		devitrified, absent	oldest and most primitive rock in solar system	1	less than 0.5 % by weight	greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship	low	155	6	1998	shock veins	less than 1.5 % by weight	strong	undulatory extinction, irregular fractures, some planar fractures	undulatory extinction, irregular fractures	50 % of total iron	very weakly shocked	1.870 kg	most common chondrite observed from falls	less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification	orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite	before, during or after other types of metamorphism	Dar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara Desert	L6 chondrite	Fs% 21.5	S2	in weight %	definition goes here	orthorhombic	lower because the fall was not witnessed	26° 58.22' N. 16° 21.65' E.	homogeneous	directly proportional to initial velocity	4673 kg	60 to 80 % by volume	asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter	chondrules poorly defined	5 to 10 %	Open University, UK. Meteoritical Bulletin No 83	which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism