L3 chondrite Comparison Table

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L3 chondrite comparison table

Subject has weather resistance has olivine shock metamorphism is independent of has shock pressure has petrologic subtype has image has weather has degree of secondary process has relative abundance has fragmentation probability has metamorphism mechanism has fall date has fall description has find date has orthopyroxene shock metamorphism has plagioclase shock metamorphism has degree of shock metamorphism has mass has shock diagnostic mineral has name be shock has fall location is an instance of has shock stage has value has fall coordinate has ablative mass loss

Moorabie which depends on its composition weak mosaicism, planar fractures the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration 30 to 35 GPa 3.8
can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid during meteor phase which depends on composition shock metamorphism recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods before 1965 weak mosaicism, twinning on (100), planar fractures undulatory extinction, partially isotropic, planar deformation features moderately shocked 14.1 kg orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite Moorabie before, during or after other types of metamorphism 130 miles north of Broken Hill close to Boolka, 10 miles south of Moorabie Bore, New South Wales S4 shock stage chondrite S4 lower because the fall was not witnessed 30° 6' S., 141° 4' E. directly proportional to initial velocity

Tagounite 019 low 85.7 % of meteorite falls high because it is more friable than iron meteorite recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods 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 L3 chondrite in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude high because it is more friable than iron meteorite

Tieschitz which depends on its composition 3.6
negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion begins during meteor phase which depends on composition 1:45 pm July 15, 1878 what witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments 27.4 kg Tieschitz Prostejov, Jihomoravsky, Czechoslovakia meteorite fall higher because the fall was witnessed 49° 36' N., 17° 7' E. directly proportional to initial velocity

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Subject	has weather resistance	has olivine shock metamorphism	is independent of	has shock pressure	has petrologic subtype	has image	has weather	has degree of secondary process	has relative abundance	has fragmentation probability	has metamorphism mechanism	has fall date	has fall description	has find date	has orthopyroxene shock metamorphism	has plagioclase shock metamorphism	has degree of shock metamorphism	has mass	has shock diagnostic mineral	has name	be shock	has fall location	is an instance of	has shock stage	has value	has fall coordinate	has ablative mass loss
Moorabie	which depends on its composition	weak mosaicism, planar fractures	the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration	30 to 35 GPa	3.8		can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents	providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid		during meteor phase which depends on composition	shock metamorphism	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods		before 1965	weak mosaicism, twinning on (100), planar fractures	undulatory extinction, partially isotropic, planar deformation features	moderately shocked	14.1 kg	orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite	Moorabie	before, during or after other types of metamorphism	130 miles north of Broken Hill close to Boolka, 10 miles south of Moorabie Bore, New South Wales	S4 shock stage chondrite	S4	lower because the fall was not witnessed	30° 6' S., 141° 4' E.	directly proportional to initial velocity
Tagounite 019	low								85.7 % of meteorite falls	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite		recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods								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	L3 chondrite			in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite
Tieschitz	which depends on its composition				3.6		negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion begins			during meteor phase which depends on composition		1:45 pm July 15, 1878	what witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments					27.4 kg		Tieschitz		Prostejov, Jihomoravsky, Czechoslovakia	meteorite fall		higher because the fall was witnessed	49° 36' N., 17° 7' E.	directly proportional to initial velocity