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H5 chondrite comparison table

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Bonita Springs	which depends on its composition							can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents		during meteor phase which depends on composition	thermal metamorphism	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods	which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site					1938					41.8 kg		Bonita Springs		between Bonita Beach Rd. and Imperial River halfway between U.S. 41 and beach	meteorite find				lower because the fall was not witnessed	26° 16' N., 81° 41' W.	directly proportional to initial velocity	which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity
Dag 597	which depends on its composition	undulatory extinction, irregular fractures	the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration	5 to 10 GPa	DaG	Fa% 19.9		can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents		during meteor phase which depends on composition	thermal metamorphism	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods	which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site	W2			1	1998	contains small metal flakes	undulatory extinction, irregular fractures, some planar fractures	undulatory extinction, irregular fractures	very weakly shocked	0.672 kg	orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite	based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred	before, during or after other types of metamorphism	Dar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara Desert	H5 chondrite	Fs% 17.4	S2		lower because the fall was not witnessed	26° 50.15' N. 16° 37.59' E.	directly proportional to initial velocity	which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity	A. Sexton, Open University, UK. Meteoritical Bulletin No 83
DaG 600	which depends on its composition	undulatory extinction, irregular fractures	the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration	5 to 10 GPa	DaG	Fa% 19.5		can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents		during meteor phase which depends on composition	thermal metamorphism	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods	which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site	W2			1	1998		undulatory extinction, irregular fractures, some planar fractures	undulatory extinction, irregular fractures	very weakly shocked	1.190 kg	orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite	based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred	before, during or after other types of metamorphism	Dar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara Desert	H5 chondrite	Fs% 17.3	S2		lower because the fall was not witnessed	26° 54.98' N. 16° 40.49' E.	directly proportional to initial velocity	which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity	Open University, UK. Meteoritical Bulletin No 83
Dag 635	which depends on its composition	planar fractures, undulatory extinction, irregular fractures	the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration	15 to 20 GPa	DaG	Fa% 19.8		can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents		during meteor phase which depends on composition	thermal metamorphism	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods	which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site	W2			1	1998		clinoenstatite lamellae on (100), undulatory extinction, planar fractures, irregular fractures	undulatory extinction	weakly shocked	1.390 kg	orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite	based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred	before, during or after other types of metamorphism	Dar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara Desert	H5 chondrite	Fs% 17.7	S3		lower because the fall was not witnessed	26° 54.29' N. 16° 40.74' E.	directly proportional to initial velocity	which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity	A. Sexton, Open University, UK. Meteoritical Bulletin No 84
El Hammami	low								85.7 % of meteorite falls	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	thermal metamorphism	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods	greater than 200 kg		olivine, Fa18.8; pyroxene Fs16.7; Wo1.4; shock stage S2; contains metal veins; petrologic type 5			1997							El Hammami		Tiris Zemmour, Mauritania	H5 chondrite					Latitude 23 degrees 17 minutes North, Longitude 10 degrees 49 minutes West	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity
Gao-Guenie	low								85.7 % of meteorite falls	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	thermal metamorphism	March 5, 1960, 17:00 local time	which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site												Gao-Guenie		Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta), Africa	H5 chondrite					Latitude 11 degrees 39 minutes North, Longitude 2 degrees 11 minutes West	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite
HaH 259	which depends on its composition				HaH	Fa% 17.2		can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents		during meteor phase which depends on composition	thermal metamorphism	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods	which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site				17	1998					5.055 kg		based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred		Hammadah al Hamra	H5 chondrite	Fs% 15.4 Wo% 1.5		DuPont collection	lower because the fall was not witnessed	28° 45' N. 11° 34' E.	directly proportional to initial velocity	which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity	Paul P. Sipiera, Planetary Studies Foundation, (Harper) Meteoritical Bulletin No 83
Lahmada 011	which depends on its composition	undulatory extinction, irregular fractures	the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration	5 to 10 GPa	DaG	Fa% 19.3		can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents		during meteor phase which depends on composition	thermal metamorphism	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods	which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site	W1			1	1999		undulatory extinction, irregular fractures, some planar fractures	undulatory extinction, irregular fractures	very weakly shocked	1.520 kg	orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite	based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred	before, during or after other types of metamorphism	Lahmada, western Sahara	H5 chondrite	Fs% 16.9	S2		lower because the fall was not witnessed	27° 13.82' N. 9°45.03' E.	directly proportional to initial velocity	which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity	Open University, UK. Meteoritical Bulletin No 84
Monahans (1998)	which depends on its composition	weak mosaicism, planar fractures	the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration	30 to 35 GPa				negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion begins		during meteor phase which depends on composition	shock metamorphism	6:47 pm March 22, 1998	which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site			what witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments				weak mosaicism, twinning on (100), planar fractures	undulatory extinction, partially isotropic, planar deformation features	moderately shocked	2.587 kg	orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite	Monahans (1998)	before, during or after other types of metamorphism	Allen Street, Monahans, Texas	S4 shock stage chondrite		S4		higher because the fall was witnessed	102° 53.5' W., 31° 36.5' N.	directly proportional to initial velocity	which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity
Northbranch	low								85.7 % of meteorite falls	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	thermal metamorphism	1972 (recognized 1997)	greater than 76 kg		olivine, Fa19.0; pyroxene Fs16.5; shock stage S4										Northbranch		Jewell County, Kansas, USA	H5 chondrite					39° 59' 30" N, 98° 20' 30" W	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity
Nuevo Mercurio	low								85.7 % of meteorite falls	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	thermal metamorphism	December 15, 1978, 1850 hrs	which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site												Nuevo Mercurio		Nuevo Mercurio, Zacatecas, Mexico	H5 chondrite					Latitude 24 degrees 18 minutes North, Longitude 102 degrees 8 minutes West	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity

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