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Subject has sediment mechanism has weather resistance has metal abundance has part mean Ni content of sulfide has age has refractory inclusion abundance is an instance of has olivine and low Ca pyroxene homogeneity has part feldspar has fragmentation probability has part metal maximum bulk has fall location has fall date 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 prototype has degree of aqueous alteration has petrologic subtype has value has total mass of find has structural state of low Ca pyroxene has peak temperature has part matrix has parent body 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 image has number of find has ablative mass loss has definition has chondrule mean diameter has part sulfide Ni content

K chondrite agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories low 0 % by volume (included in matrix abundance) in weight % oldest and most primitive rock in solar system less than 0.1 % by volume greater than 5 % deviations minor primary grains only high because it is more friable than iron meteorite in weight % strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred clear, isotropic, variable abundance definition goes here 27 % by volume 85.7 % of meteorite falls chondrules very sharply defined Kakangari meteorite none 20461 kg predominantly monoclinic less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification clastic and minor opaque asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter none in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude 73 % by volume (including metal) which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism 0.2 to 1 % by weight 3 greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship type 3 chondrite 0.3 to 3 % by weight 1030 high because it is more friable than iron meteorite 0.6 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

Kakangari agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories which depends on its composition 0 % by volume (included in matrix abundance) in weight % oldest and most primitive rock in solar system less than 0.1 % by volume meteorite fall greater than 5 % deviations minor primary grains only during meteor phase which depends on composition in weight % Kangankarai, India June 4, 1890 Kakangari clear, isotropic, variable abundance negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion begins what witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments definition goes here 27 % by volume chondrules very sharply defined Kakangari meteorite none 3.6 higher because the fall was witnessed 485755 kg predominantly monoclinic less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification clastic and minor opaque asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter none 12° 23' N., 78° 31' E. 73 % by volume (including metal) which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism 0.2 to 1 % by weight 3 greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship 0.3 to 3 % by weight
1691 directly proportional to initial velocity 0.6 millimeters less than 0.5 % by weight

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Subject	has sediment mechanism	has weather resistance	has metal abundance	has part mean Ni content of sulfide	has age	has refractory inclusion abundance	is an instance of	has olivine and low Ca pyroxene homogeneity	has part feldspar	has fragmentation probability	has part metal maximum bulk	has fall location	has fall date	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 prototype	has degree of aqueous alteration	has petrologic subtype	has value	has total mass of find	has structural state of low Ca pyroxene	has peak temperature	has part matrix	has parent body	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 image	has number of find	has ablative mass loss	has definition	has chondrule mean diameter	has part sulfide Ni content
K chondrite	agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories	low	0 % by volume (included in matrix abundance)	in weight %	oldest and most primitive rock in solar system	less than 0.1 % by volume		greater than 5 % deviations	minor primary grains only	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	in weight %	strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods	based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred	clear, isotropic, variable abundance			definition goes here	27 % by volume	85.7 % of meteorite falls	chondrules very sharply defined	Kakangari meteorite	none			20461 kg	predominantly monoclinic	less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification	clastic and minor opaque	asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter	none	in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude	73 % by volume (including metal)	which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism	0.2 to 1 % by weight	3	greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship	type 3 chondrite	0.3 to 3 % by weight		1030	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite		0.6 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
Kakangari	agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories	which depends on its composition	0 % by volume (included in matrix abundance)	in weight %	oldest and most primitive rock in solar system	less than 0.1 % by volume	meteorite fall	greater than 5 % deviations	minor primary grains only	during meteor phase which depends on composition	in weight %	Kangankarai, India	June 4, 1890	Kakangari	clear, isotropic, variable abundance	negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion begins	what witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments	definition goes here	27 % by volume		chondrules very sharply defined	Kakangari meteorite	none	3.6	higher because the fall was witnessed	485755 kg	predominantly monoclinic	less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification	clastic and minor opaque	asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter	none	12° 23' N., 78° 31' E.	73 % by volume (including metal)	which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism	0.2 to 1 % by weight	3	greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship		0.3 to 3 % by weight		1691	directly proportional to initial velocity		0.6 millimeters	less than 0.5 % by weight