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LEW 85332 comparison table
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 distinguishing feature has part feldspar has part metal maximum bulk has fragmentation probability has fall location has name has homogeneity of olivine and low Ca pyroxene has chondrule abundance has relative abundance has part chondrule has abundance has total mass of find has structural state of low Ca pyroxene has peak temperature has parent body has part matrix has matrix abundance has petrologic type range has part carbon is a kind of has find date has part water has number of find has ablative mass loss has chondrule mean diameter
Antarctic meteorite which depends on its composition        during meteor phase which depends on compositionindicated by letters in the beginning of name3 or 4 letter contracted from find location then last two digits of year then id number     485755 kg       meteoriterecovery year is first 2 numbers in name 1691directly proportional to initial velocity 
ungrouped carbonaceous chondriteagglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historieslowin volume %in weight %oldest and most primitive rock in solar systemin volume % elemental carbonusually plagioclase tectosilicatein weight %high because it is more friable than iron meteoritestrewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitybased on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurreddefinition goes herein volume %8 % of meteorite fallssmall sphere of about 1 mm diameter of formerly melted mineralsrare relative to other chondrite types2577 kgdefinition goes hereless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidificationasteroid smaller than 100 km in diameterfine grained disequilibrium mixture of silicates, oxides, metal, sulfides and organic constituentsin volume %which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphismin weight %carbonaceous chondrite in weight %36high because it is more friable than iron meteoritemillimeters
LEW 85332agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historieswhich depends on its compositionin volume %in weight %oldest and most primitive rock in solar systemin volume %Antarctic meteoriteelemental carbonusually plagioclase tectosilicatein weight %during meteor phase which depends on compositionindicated by letters in the beginning of nameLEW 85332definition goes herein volume % small sphere of about 1 mm diameter of formerly melted mineralsrare relative to other chondrite types485755 kgdefinition goes hereless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidificationasteroid smaller than 100 km in diameterfine grained disequilibrium mixture of silicates, oxides, metal, sulfides and organic constituentsin volume %which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphismin weight % 1985in weight %1691directly proportional to initial velocitymillimeters

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