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L6 chondrite comparison table

Subject	has weather resistance	has olivine shock metamorphism	is independent of	has shock pressure	has acronym	has olivine composition	has image	has weather	has relative abundance	has fragmentation probability	has fall date	has weathering stage	has fall description	has number of fragment	has find date	has comment	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 pyroxene composition	has shock stage	has value	has fall coordinate	has ablative mass loss	has fall map	classified by
Bruderheim	which depends on its composition							negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion begins		during meteor phase which depends on composition	March 4, 1960		what witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments							400 kg		Bruderheim		Alberta, Canada	meteorite fall			higher because the fall was witnessed	53° 54' N., 112° 53' W.	directly proportional to initial velocity
DaG 602	which depends on its composition	planar fractures, undulatory extinction, irregular fractures	the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration	15 to 20 GPa	DaG	Fa% 24.8		can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents		during meteor phase which depends on composition	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods	W2		1	1998		clinoenstatite lamellae on (100), undulatory extinction, planar fractures, irregular fractures	undulatory extinction	weakly shocked	1.055 kg	orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite	based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred	before, during or after other types of metamorphism	Dar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara Desert	L6 chondrite	Fs% 22	S3	lower because the fall was not witnessed	26° 59.59' N. 16° 08.36' E.	directly proportional to initial velocity	which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity	A. Sexton, Open University, UK. Meteoritical Bulletin No 83
DaG 608	which depends on its composition	undulatory extinction, irregular fractures	the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration	5 to 10 GPa	DaG	Fa% 25.1		can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents		during meteor phase which depends on composition	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods	W3		1	1998	shock veins	undulatory extinction, irregular fractures, some planar fractures	undulatory extinction, irregular fractures	very weakly shocked	1.870 kg	orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite	based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred	before, during or after other types of metamorphism	Dar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara Desert	L6 chondrite	Fs% 21.5	S2	lower because the fall was not witnessed	26° 58.22' N. 16° 21.65' E.	directly proportional to initial velocity	which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity	Open University, UK. Meteoritical Bulletin No 83
DaG 642	which depends on its composition	planar fractures, undulatory extinction, irregular fractures	the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration	15 to 20 GPa	DaG	Fa% 24.9		can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents		during meteor phase which depends on composition	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods	W1		1	1998	light green matrix, metal flakes in matrix	clinoenstatite lamellae on (100), undulatory extinction, planar fractures, irregular fractures	undulatory extinction	weakly shocked	0.265 kg	orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite	based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred	before, during or after other types of metamorphism	Dar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara Desert	L6 chondrite	Fs% 20.5	S3	lower because the fall was not witnessed	26° 53.12' N. 16° 34.74' E.	directly proportional to initial velocity	which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity	A. Sexton, Open University, UK. Meteoritical Bulletin No 84
Forrest 028	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	L6 chondrite				in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity
FRO 90058	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	L6 chondrite				in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity
HaH 260	which depends on its composition	planar fractures, undulatory extinction, irregular fractures	the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration	15 to 20 GPa	HaH	Fa% 25.9		can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents		during meteor phase which depends on composition	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods	W1		1	1998	has prominent regmaglypts	clinoenstatite lamellae on (100), undulatory extinction, planar fractures, irregular fractures	undulatory extinction	weakly shocked	0.530 kg	orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite	based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred	before, during or after other types of metamorphism	Hammadah al Hamra	L6 chondrite	Fs% 21.7	S3	lower because the fall was not witnessed	28° 36.78' N. 12° 56.83' E.	directly proportional to initial velocity	which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity	A. Sexton, Open University, UK. Meteoritical Bulletin No 84
Holbrook	which depends on its composition							negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion begins		during meteor phase which depends on composition	7:15 pm July 19, 1912		what witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments							217.9 kg		Holbrook		Navajo County, Arizona	meteorite fall			higher because the fall was witnessed	34° 54' N., 110° 11' W.	directly proportional to initial velocity	which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity
LEW 88663	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	L6 chondrite				in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity
PAT 91501	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	L6 chondrite				in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity

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