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Hammadah al Hamra meteorite which depends on its composition        HaH   can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents     during meteor phase which depends on composition   Sahara meteorite     1691 when the meteorite was found         based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred Hammadah al Hamra    often minerals not found on Earth lower because the fall was not witnessedin degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude directly proportional to initial velocity485755 kg    
meteorite find which depends on its composition            can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents     during meteor phase which depends on composition   meteorite    a meteorite whose fall was not witnessed1691 when the meteorite was found         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    often minerals not found on Earth lower because the fall was not witnessedin degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude directly proportional to initial velocity485755 kg    
R chondritein weight %lowin weight % rumurutiite fine grained disequilibrium mixture of silicates, oxides, metal, sulfides and organic constituentsRumuruti meteorite   36 % by volumeagglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories   usually plagioclase tectosilicate0.1 % by volume0 % by volume85.7 % of meteorite fallshigh because it is more friable than iron meteorite0.4 millimeters  anhydrous chondriteoldest and most primitive rock in solar system  highly oxidized 10303 to 6  0 % by weight (approximately)     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 hereenriched in 17O isotopedefinition goes here in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude high because it is more friable than iron meteorite20461 kggreater than 40 % by volumeasteroid 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
S3 shock stage chondritein weight %which depends on its compositionin weight %  planar fractures, undulatory extinction, irregular fracturesfine grained disequilibrium mixture of silicates, oxides, metal, sulfides and organic constituents the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration15 to 20 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 % during meteor phase which depends on compositionmillimetersshock metamorphism S3 shock stage meteoriteoldest and most primitive rock in solar system    1691   in weight % clinoenstatite lamellae on (100), undulatory extinction, planar fractures, irregular fracturesundulatory extinctionweakly 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 S3in weight %definition goes hereoften minerals not found on Earthdefinition goes here in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude directly proportional to initial velocity485755 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
type 4 chondritein weight %lowless than 0.2 % by weightthe range over at which the alteration took place  transparent, recrystallized, small crystals    in volume %agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories  providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroidsecondary, grains than 2 micronsin volume %in volume %85.7 % of meteorite fallshigh because it is more friable than iron meteoritemillimetersthermal metamorphism anhydrous chondriteoldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 0.5 % by weightgreater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship  10304  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 hereoften minerals not found on Earthgreater than 20 % monoclinic in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeless than 5 % mean deviationshigh because it is more friable than iron meteorite20461 kgin volume %asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameterchondrules well definedwhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism
HaH 119in weight %which depends on its compositionless than 0.2 % by weightthe range over at which the alteration took placerumurutiiteplanar fractures, undulatory extinction, irregular fracturestransparent, recrystallized, small crystalsRumuruti meteoritethe nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration15 to 20 GPaHaH36 % 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 microns0.1 % by volume0 % by volume during meteor phase which depends on composition0.4 millimetersthermal metamorphismW4 oldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 0.5 % by weightgreater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationshiphighly oxidized 16914April 1995unbecciatedless than 1.5 % by weightweakclinoenstatite lamellae on (100), undulatory extinction, planar fractures, irregular fracturesundulatory extinctionweakly shocked0.352 kgless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidificationorthopyroxene for enstatite chondriteHaH 119before, during or after other types of metamorphismHammadah al HamraS3 shock stage chondriteS3in weight %definition goes hereenriched in 17O isotopegreater than 20 % monocliniclower because the fall was not witnessed28° 30.87' N., 12° 53.81' E.less than 5 % mean deviationsdirectly proportional to initial velocity485755 kggreater than 40 % by volumeasteroid smaller than 100 km in diameterchondrules well definedwhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism

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