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Holbrook comparison table

Subject has iron metal and iron sulfide has sediment mechanism has weather resistance has metal abundance has part mean Ni content of sulfide has alteration temperature range has age has refractory inclusion abundance is an instance of has total iron content has olivine and low Ca pyroxene homogeneity has part feldspar has fragmentation probability has metal iron content has part metal maximum bulk has fall location has fall date has metamorphism mechanism has degree of secondary process has name has chondrule glass type has weather has fall description has homogeneity of olivine and low Ca pyroxene has chondrule abundance has relative abundance has part chondrule has abundance has value has total mass of find has structural state of low Ca pyroxene has peak temperature has parent body has part matrix has degree of thermal metamorphism has fall coordinate has matrix abundance has petrologic type range has part carbon has petrologic type has part maximum bulk Ni in metal is a kind of has part water has mass has image has number of find has ablative mass loss has synonym has definition has chondrule mean diameter has part sulfide Ni content

L6 chondrite 50 % of total iron agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories low 5 % by volume in weight % the range over at which the alteration took place oldest and most primitive rock in solar system 0.1 to 1 % by volume low homogeneous secondary, grains greater than 50 microns high because it is more friable than iron meteorite 5 to 10 % in weight % strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods thermal metamorphism providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred devitrified, absent definition goes here 60 to 80 % by volume 85.7 % of meteorite falls chondrules poorly defined most common chondrite observed from falls 4673 kg orthorhombic less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter transparent, recrystallized, coarse crystals strong in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude 10 to 15 % by volume which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism less than 0.2 % by weight 6 greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship type 6 chondrite less than 1.5 % by weight 155 high because it is more friable than iron meteorite hypersthene chondrite 0.7 millimeters less than 0.5 % by weight

meteorite fall which depends on its composition during meteor phase which depends on composition strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity recorded by eyewitness or instruments based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion begins what witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments higher because the fall was witnessed 485755 kg in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude meteorite 1691 directly proportional to initial velocity a meteorite whose fall was witnessed by human or electronic means

Holbrook 50 % of total iron agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories which depends on its composition 5 % by volume in weight % the range over at which the alteration took place oldest and most primitive rock in solar system 0.1 to 1 % by volume meteorite fall low homogeneous secondary, grains greater than 50 microns during meteor phase which depends on composition 5 to 10 % in weight % Navajo County, Arizona 7:15 pm July 19, 1912 thermal metamorphism providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid Holbrook devitrified, absent negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion begins what witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments definition goes here 60 to 80 % by volume chondrules poorly defined most common chondrite observed from falls higher because the fall was witnessed 4673 kg orthorhombic less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter transparent, recrystallized, coarse crystals strong 34° 54' N., 110° 11' W. 10 to 15 % by volume which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism less than 0.2 % by weight 6 greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship less than 1.5 % by weight 217.9 kg
155 directly proportional to initial velocity hypersthene chondrite 0.7 millimeters less than 0.5 % by weight

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Subject	has iron metal and iron sulfide	has sediment mechanism	has weather resistance	has metal abundance	has part mean Ni content of sulfide	has alteration temperature range	has age	has refractory inclusion abundance	is an instance of	has total iron content	has olivine and low Ca pyroxene homogeneity	has part feldspar	has fragmentation probability	has metal iron content	has part metal maximum bulk	has fall location	has fall date	has metamorphism mechanism	has degree of secondary process	has name	has chondrule glass type	has weather	has fall description	has homogeneity of olivine and low Ca pyroxene	has chondrule abundance	has relative abundance	has part chondrule	has abundance	has value	has total mass of find	has structural state of low Ca pyroxene	has peak temperature	has parent body	has part matrix	has degree of thermal metamorphism	has fall coordinate	has matrix abundance	has petrologic type range	has part carbon	has petrologic type	has part maximum bulk Ni in metal	is a kind of	has part water	has mass	has image	has number of find	has ablative mass loss	has synonym	has definition	has chondrule mean diameter	has part sulfide Ni content
L6 chondrite	50 % of total iron	agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories	low	5 % by volume	in weight %	the range over at which the alteration took place	oldest and most primitive rock in solar system	0.1 to 1 % by volume		low	homogeneous	secondary, grains greater than 50 microns	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	5 to 10 %	in weight %	strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods	thermal metamorphism	providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid	based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred	devitrified, absent			definition goes here	60 to 80 % by volume	85.7 % of meteorite falls	chondrules poorly defined	most common chondrite observed from falls		4673 kg	orthorhombic	less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification	asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter	transparent, recrystallized, coarse crystals	strong	in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude	10 to 15 % by volume	which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism	less than 0.2 % by weight	6	greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship	type 6 chondrite	less than 1.5 % by weight			155	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	hypersthene chondrite		0.7 millimeters	less than 0.5 % by weight
meteorite fall			which depends on its composition										during meteor phase which depends on composition			strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity	recorded by eyewitness or instruments			based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred		negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion begins	what witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments						higher because the fall was witnessed	485755 kg						in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude						meteorite				1691	directly proportional to initial velocity		a meteorite whose fall was witnessed by human or electronic means
Holbrook	50 % of total iron	agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories	which depends on its composition	5 % by volume	in weight %	the range over at which the alteration took place	oldest and most primitive rock in solar system	0.1 to 1 % by volume	meteorite fall	low	homogeneous	secondary, grains greater than 50 microns	during meteor phase which depends on composition	5 to 10 %	in weight %	Navajo County, Arizona	7:15 pm July 19, 1912	thermal metamorphism	providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid	Holbrook	devitrified, absent	negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion begins	what witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments	definition goes here	60 to 80 % by volume		chondrules poorly defined	most common chondrite observed from falls	higher because the fall was witnessed	4673 kg	orthorhombic	less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification	asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter	transparent, recrystallized, coarse crystals	strong	34° 54' N., 110° 11' W.	10 to 15 % by volume	which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism	less than 0.2 % by weight	6	greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship		less than 1.5 % by weight	217.9 kg		155	directly proportional to initial velocity	hypersthene chondrite		0.7 millimeters	less than 0.5 % by weight