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Marjalahti comparison table
Subject is an instance of has chromite content has distinguishing feature has olivine grain shape has olivine content has fall location has fall date has metal content has formation cooling rate has name has olivine crystal distribution parent body radiu has olivine composition has weather has fall description 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 nickel content has mass has image has number of find has origin has minor mineral has definition
main group pallasite 1 % or less by volumemixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic mineralsfrom angular fragments to rounded35 to 85 % by volumestrewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityrecorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methodshigher than that of average solar system material2.5 to 4 degrees C per million yearsbased on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurredfrom homogeneous to heterogeneous78 to 97 kilometersFo 88+-1  PAL1.5 % of meteorite falls 7207 kg1 % or less by volumein degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeheterogeneous elements are zoned between grain rim and coremetallic iron plus olivine; core/mantle boundary samples0.1 to 7.3 % by volume0.3 to 2.8 % by volumepallasitetypically one centimeteralways greater than 4 %  33planet or asteroid much larger than 100 km in diameterschreibersite 
meteorite fall     strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityrecorded 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 beginswhat witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments  higher because the fall was witnessed485755 kg in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude often minerals not found on Earth  meteorite    1691meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal a meteorite whose fall was witnessed by human or electronic means
Marjalahtimain group pallasite1 % or less by volumemixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic mineralsfrom angular fragments to rounded35 to 85 % by volumeLake Laatokka, Viipuri, Karelia, USSR (ASSR, Finland.)10:00 pm June 1, 1902higher than that of average solar system material2.5 to 4 degrees C per million yearsMarjalahtifrom homogeneous to heterogeneous78 to 97 kilometersFo 88+-1negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion beginswhat witnesses saw or what was recorded by instrumentsPAL higher because the fall was witnessed7207 kg1 % or less by volume61° 30' N., 30° 30' E.heterogeneous elements are zoned between grain rim and coremetallic iron plus olivine; core/mantle boundary samples0.1 to 7.3 % by volume0.3 to 2.8 % by volume typically one centimeteralways greater than 4 %45 kg
33meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimalschreibersite 

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