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EL6 chondrite comparison table
Subject has olivine shock metamorphism is independent of has shock pressure has image has weather has metamorphism mechanism has fall date has fall description has number of find has find date has orthopyroxene shock metamorphism has plagioclase shock metamorphism has degree of shock metamorphism has mass has shock diagnostic mineral has name be shock has fall location is an instance of has shock stage has value has fall coordinate has total mass of find
Eagle     thermal metamorphismrecorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods 8      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 velocityEL6 chondrite  in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude59 kg
Pillistferundulatory extinction, irregular fracturesthe nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration5 to 10 GPa
negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion beginsshock metamorphism12:30 pm August 8, 1868what witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments1691 undulatory extinction, irregular fractures, some planar fracturesundulatory extinction, irregular fracturesvery weakly shocked23.25 kgorthopyroxene for enstatite chondritePillistferbefore, during or after other types of metamorphismAukoma, Kurla, Wahhe, and Sawiauk in Estonian SSRS2 shock stage chondriteS2higher because the fall was witnessed58° 40' N., 25° 44' E.485755 kg
Yilmia   
can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agentsthermal metamorphismrecorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods 16911969   24 kg Yilmia Western Australiameteorite find lower because the fall was not witnessed31° 11' 30" S., 121° 32' E.485755 kg

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