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DaG 609 comparison table

Subject has weather resistance has minerology has number of fragment has degree of shock metamorphism has shock stage is an instance of has distinguishing feature has fragmentation probability has fall location has metamorphism mechanism has likely origin has solidification mechanism has weather has weathering stage has letter designation has acronym has relative abundance has value has total mass of find has pyroxene composition has fall coordinate has characteristic mineral has composition is a kind of has comment has find date has mass has image has number of find has origin has ablative mass loss has shock pressure has solidification timescale classified by be an acronym for has petrology

Dar al Gani meteorite which depends on its composition during meteor phase which depends on composition Dar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara Desert can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents DaG lower because the fall was not witnessed 485755 kg in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude often minerals not found on Earth Sahara meteorite when the meteorite was found 1691 meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal directly proportional to initial velocity

eucrite low orthopyroxene, olivine, chromite; pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silica no chondrules high because it is more friable than iron meteorite strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity cumulates, crystallized melts, impact mixing extrusion onto the surface of the planet or asteroid via a volcanic eruption AUEC 7.1 % of meteorite falls 231 kg in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude anorthite-pigeonite Ca-rich silicates (with very few exceptions) basalt 23 4 Vesta high because it is more friable than iron meteorite very rapid Howardite, Eucrite, Diogenite coarse-grained orthopyroxenites, gabbros, fine- to coarse-grained basalts, brecciated

S3 shock stage meteorite which depends on its composition weakly shocked S3 during meteor phase which depends on composition strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity shock metamorphism 485755 kg in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude often minerals not found on Earth shocked meteorite 1691 meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal directly proportional to initial velocity 15 to 20 GPa

DaG 609 which depends on its composition orthopyroxene, olivine, chromite; pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silica 2 weakly shocked S3 eucrite no chondrules during meteor phase which depends on composition Dar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara Desert shock metamorphism cumulates, crystallized melts, impact mixing extrusion onto the surface of the planet or asteroid via a volcanic eruption can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents W2 AUEC DaG lower because the fall was not witnessed 231 kg Fs% 27-63 26° 53.13' N. 16° 34.81' E. anorthite-pigeonite Ca-rich often minerals not found on Earth iron-rich, monomict, with chromite grains 1998 0.696 kg
23 4 Vesta directly proportional to initial velocity 15 to 20 GPa very rapid A. Sexton, Open University, UK. A. Sexton, Meteoritical Bulletin No 83 Howardite, Eucrite, Diogenite coarse-grained orthopyroxenites, gabbros, fine- to coarse-grained basalts, brecciated

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Subject	has weather resistance	has minerology	has number of fragment	has degree of shock metamorphism	has shock stage	is an instance of	has distinguishing feature	has fragmentation probability	has fall location	has metamorphism mechanism	has likely origin	has solidification mechanism	has weather	has weathering stage	has letter designation	has acronym	has relative abundance	has value	has total mass of find	has pyroxene composition	has fall coordinate	has characteristic mineral	has composition	is a kind of	has comment	has find date	has mass	has image	has number of find	has origin	has ablative mass loss	has shock pressure	has solidification timescale	classified by	be an acronym for	has petrology
Dar al Gani meteorite	which depends on its composition							during meteor phase which depends on composition	Dar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara Desert				can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents			DaG		lower because the fall was not witnessed	485755 kg		in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude		often minerals not found on Earth	Sahara meteorite		when the meteorite was found			1691	meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal	directly proportional to initial velocity
eucrite	low	orthopyroxene, olivine, chromite; pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silica					no chondrules	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity		cumulates, crystallized melts, impact mixing	extrusion onto the surface of the planet or asteroid via a volcanic eruption			AUEC		7.1 % of meteorite falls		231 kg		in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude	anorthite-pigeonite Ca-rich	silicates (with very few exceptions)	basalt					23	4 Vesta	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite		very rapid		Howardite, Eucrite, Diogenite	coarse-grained orthopyroxenites, gabbros, fine- to coarse-grained basalts, brecciated
S3 shock stage meteorite	which depends on its composition			weakly shocked	S3			during meteor phase which depends on composition	strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity	shock metamorphism									485755 kg		in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude		often minerals not found on Earth	shocked meteorite					1691	meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal	directly proportional to initial velocity	15 to 20 GPa
DaG 609	which depends on its composition	orthopyroxene, olivine, chromite; pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silica	2	weakly shocked	S3	eucrite	no chondrules	during meteor phase which depends on composition	Dar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara Desert	shock metamorphism	cumulates, crystallized melts, impact mixing	extrusion onto the surface of the planet or asteroid via a volcanic eruption	can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents	W2	AUEC	DaG		lower because the fall was not witnessed	231 kg	Fs% 27-63	26° 53.13' N. 16° 34.81' E.	anorthite-pigeonite Ca-rich	often minerals not found on Earth		iron-rich, monomict, with chromite grains	1998	0.696 kg		23	4 Vesta	directly proportional to initial velocity	15 to 20 GPa	very rapid	A. Sexton, Open University, UK. A. Sexton, Meteoritical Bulletin No 83	Howardite, Eucrite, Diogenite	coarse-grained orthopyroxenites, gabbros, fine- to coarse-grained basalts, brecciated