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DaG 734 comparison table
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Dar al Gani meteorite         DaG   can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents        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 witnessedin degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude 485755 kg    
EL4 chondritein weight %less than 0.2 % by weightE chondritethe range over at which the alteration took place  transparent, recrystallized, small crystals   less than 2 to 15 % by volumeagglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories  providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroidsecondary, grains than 2 microns15 % by volume0.1 to 1 % by volumezero0.6 millimetersthermal metamorphism E4 chondritedevitrified, absentoldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 0.5 % by weightgreater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationshiphighly reduced with very little FeOlow53 to 6 less than 1.5 % by weightweak    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 heregreater than 20 % monoclinic in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeless than 5 % mean deviations143 kg60 to 80 % by volumeasteroid smaller than 100 km in diameterchondrules well definedwhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism
S2 shock stage chondritein weight %in weight %  undulatory extinction, irregular fractures fine grained disequilibrium mixture of silicates, oxides, metal, sulfides and organic constituentsthe nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration5 to 10 GPa in volume %agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories  providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroidusually plagioclase tectosilicatein volume %in volume % millimetersshock metamorphism S2 shock stage meteorite oldest and most primitive rock in solar system    1691  in weight % undulatory extinction, irregular fractures, some planar fracturesundulatory extinction, irregular fracturesvery weakly shocked less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidificationorthopyroxene for enstatite chondritebased on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurredbefore, during or after other types of metamorphismstrewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity S2in weight %definition goes heredefinition goes here in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude 485755 kgin volume %asteroid smaller than 100 km in diametersmall sphere of about 1 mm diameter of formerly melted mineralswhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism
DaG 734in weight %less than 0.2 % by weightE chondritethe range over at which the alteration took placeundulatory extinction, irregular fractures0.45 mmtransparent, recrystallized, small crystalsthe nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration5 to 10 GPaDaGless than 2 to 15 % by volumeagglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories
can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agentsproviding insight into geological evolution of parent asteroidsecondary, grains than 2 microns15 % by volume0.1 to 1 % by volumezero0.6 millimetersshock metamorphismW4 devitrified, absentoldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 0.5 % by weightgreater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationshiphighly reduced with very little FeOlow53 to 6Winter 1996/97less than 1.5 % by weightweakundulatory extinction, irregular fractures, some planar fracturesundulatory extinction, irregular fracturesvery weakly shocked1.378 kgless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidificationorthopyroxene for enstatite chondriteDaG 734before, during or after other types of metamorphismDar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara DesertS2 shock stage chondriteS2in weight %definition goes heregreater than 20 % monocliniclower because the fall was not witnessed27° 7.91' N., 16° 3' E.less than 5 % mean deviations143 kg60 to 80 % by volumeasteroid smaller than 100 km in diameterchondrules well definedwhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism

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