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Glorieta Mountain comparison table
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main group pallasite 1 % or less by volumemixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals from angular fragments to rounded35 to 85 % by volumestrewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity higher than that of average solar system material2.5 to 4 degrees C per million yearsbased on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurredfrom homogeneous to heterogeneous78 to 97 kilometersFo 88+-1 PAL1.5 % of meteorite falls    7207 kg1 % or less by volumein degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude heterogeneous elements are zoned between grain rim and coremetallic iron plus olivine; core/mantle boundary samples0.1 to 7.3 % by volume0.3 to 2.8 % by volumepallasitetypically one centimeter always greater than 4 %  33planet or asteroid much larger than 100 km in diameterschreibersite 
meteorite find      strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred   can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  lower because the fall was not witnessed   485755 kg in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude  often minerals not found on Earth  meteorite when the meteorite was found   1691meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal a meteorite whose fall was not witnessed
Glorieta Mountainmain group pallasite1 % or less by volumemixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals280 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysisfrom angular fragments to rounded35 to 85 % by volumeranch of Mrs. Roival near Canonçito, New Mexico, five miles south of Glorieta Mountain2.04 milligram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysishigher than that of average solar system material2.5 to 4 degrees C per million yearsGlorieta Mountainfrom homogeneous to heterogeneous78 to 97 kilometersFo 88+-1can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agentsPAL lower because the fall was not witnessed5.9 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis20.8 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis2.29 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis7207 kg1 % or less by volume35° 34' N., 105° 49' W.8.19 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysisheterogeneous elements are zoned between grain rim and coremetallic iron plus olivine; core/mantle boundary samples0.1 to 7.3 % by volume0.3 to 2.8 % by volume typically one centimeter1884always greater than 4 %143 kg
33meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimalschreibersite 

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