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Imilac comparison table

Subject is an instance of has chromite content has distinguishing feature has olivine grain shape has olivine content has fall location has metal content has formation cooling rate has name has olivine crystal distribution parent body radiu has olivine composition has weather has letter designation has relative abundance has value has total mass of find has phosphate content has fall coordinate has olivine composition uniformity has composition has troilite content has schreibersite content is a kind of has olivine grain size has find date has nickel content has mass has image has number of find has origin has minor mineral has definition

main group pallasite 1 % or less by volume mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals from angular fragments to rounded 35 to 85 % by volume strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity higher than that of average solar system material 2.5 to 4 degrees C per million years based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred from homogeneous to heterogeneous 78 to 97 kilometers Fo 88+-1 PAL 1.5 % of meteorite falls 7207 kg 1 % or less by volume in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude heterogeneous elements are zoned between grain rim and core metallic iron plus olivine; core/mantle boundary samples 0.1 to 7.3 % by volume 0.3 to 2.8 % by volume pallasite typically one centimeter always greater than 4 % 33 planet or asteroid much larger than 100 km in diameter schreibersite

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 1691 meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal a meteorite whose fall was not witnessed

Imilac main group pallasite 1 % or less by volume mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals from angular fragments to rounded 35 to 85 % by volume Atacama Desert southwest of Imilac, Chile higher than that of average solar system material 2.5 to 4 degrees C per million years Imilac from homogeneous to heterogeneous 78 to 97 kilometers Fo 88+-1 grade 2 (subject to weathering) PAL lower because the fall was not witnessed 7207 kg 1 % or less by volume 24° 12.2' S., 68° 48.4' W. heterogeneous elements are zoned between grain rim and core 9.9% Ni, 21.1 ppm Ga, 46.0 ppm Ge, 0.071 ppm Ir 0.1 to 7.3 % by volume 0.3 to 2.8 % by volume typically one centimeter 1820 always greater than 4 % 240 kg
33 meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal schreibersite

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Subject	is an instance of	has chromite content	has distinguishing feature	has olivine grain shape	has olivine content	has fall location	has metal content	has formation cooling rate	has name	has olivine crystal distribution	parent body radiu	has olivine composition	has weather	has letter designation	has relative abundance	has value	has total mass of find	has phosphate content	has fall coordinate	has olivine composition uniformity	has composition	has troilite content	has schreibersite content	is a kind of	has olivine grain size	has find date	has nickel content	has mass	has image	has number of find	has origin	has minor mineral	has definition
main group pallasite		1 % or less by volume	mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals	from angular fragments to rounded	35 to 85 % by volume	strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity	higher than that of average solar system material	2.5 to 4 degrees C per million years	based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred	from homogeneous to heterogeneous	78 to 97 kilometers	Fo 88+-1		PAL	1.5 % of meteorite falls		7207 kg	1 % or less by volume	in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude	heterogeneous elements are zoned between grain rim and core	metallic iron plus olivine; core/mantle boundary samples	0.1 to 7.3 % by volume	0.3 to 2.8 % by volume	pallasite	typically one centimeter		always greater than 4 %			33	planet or asteroid much larger than 100 km in diameter	schreibersite
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				1691	meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal		a meteorite whose fall was not witnessed
Imilac	main group pallasite	1 % or less by volume	mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals	from angular fragments to rounded	35 to 85 % by volume	Atacama Desert southwest of Imilac, Chile	higher than that of average solar system material	2.5 to 4 degrees C per million years	Imilac	from homogeneous to heterogeneous	78 to 97 kilometers	Fo 88+-1	grade 2 (subject to weathering)	PAL		lower because the fall was not witnessed	7207 kg	1 % or less by volume	24° 12.2' S., 68° 48.4' W.	heterogeneous elements are zoned between grain rim and core	9.9% Ni, 21.1 ppm Ga, 46.0 ppm Ge, 0.071 ppm Ir	0.1 to 7.3 % by volume	0.3 to 2.8 % by volume		typically one centimeter	1820	always greater than 4 %	240 kg		33	meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal	schreibersite