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Hammadah al Hamra meteorite  which depends on its composition           during meteor phase which depends on compositionHammadah al Hamra   can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents HaH    lower because the fall was not witnessed485755 kg          often minerals not found on EarthSahara meteoritewhen the meteorite was found 1691directly proportional to initial velocity   
LL6 chondrite20 % of total ironagglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historieslow2 % by volumein weight %the range over at which the alteration took placeoldest and most primitive rock in solar system0.1 to 1 % by volume lowhomogeneoussecondary, grains greater than 50 micronsin weight %about 2 %high because it is more friable than iron meteoritestrewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitythermal metamorphismproviding insight into geological evolution of parent asteroiddevitrified, absent definition goes here 60 to 80 % by volume85.7 % of meteorite fallsmost common chondrite observed from fallschondrules poorly defined 715 kgorthorhombicless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidificationasteroid smaller than 100 km in diametertransparent, recrystallized, coarse crystalsstrongwhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism10 to 15 % by volumeless than 0.2 % by weight6greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationshipbronzite, olivine and minor oligoclasetype 6 chondrite less than 1.5 % by weight20high because it is more friable than iron meteoriteamphoterite0.9 millimetersless than 0.5 % by weight
HaH 04620 % of total ironagglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historieswhich depends on its composition2 % by volumein weight %the range over at which the alteration took placeoldest and most primitive rock in solar system0.1 to 1 % by volumeHammadah al Hamra meteoritelowhomogeneoussecondary, grains greater than 50 micronsin weight %about 2 %during meteor phase which depends on compositionHammadah al Hamrathermal metamorphismproviding insight into geological evolution of parent asteroiddevitrified, absentcan be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agentsdefinition goes hereHaH60 to 80 % by volume most common chondrite observed from fallschondrules poorly definedlower because the fall was not witnessed715 kgorthorhombicless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidificationasteroid smaller than 100 km in diametertransparent, recrystallized, coarse crystalsstrongwhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism10 to 15 % by volumeless than 0.2 % by weight6greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationshipbronzite, olivine and minor oligoclase when the meteorite was foundless than 1.5 % by weight20directly proportional to initial velocityamphoterite0.9 millimetersless than 0.5 % by weight

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