Mount Egerton Comparison Table

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Mount Egerton comparison table

Subject has minerology is an instance of has distinguishing feature has fall location has metal content has likely origin has name has weather has weathering stage has letter designation has relative abundance has oxidation state has value has total mass of find has fall coordinate has characteristic mineral has composition is a kind of has nickel content has find date has mass has image has number of find has origin have composition has definition has petrology

aubrite enstatite, forsterite, sodic plagioclase, metal, numerous sulfides no chondrules strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity melted and crystallized residues from partial melting based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred AUB highly reduced with very little FeO 1205 kg in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude enstatite often minerals not found on Earth highly reduced meteorite 9 asteroid breccias of igneous lithologies

meteorite find strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents lower because the fall was not witnessed 485755 kg in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude often minerals not found on Earth meteorite when the meteorite was found 1691 meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal a meteorite whose fall was not witnessed

ungrouped stony iron meteorite mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity higher than that of average solar system material based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred 1.5 % of meteorite falls 225 kg in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude silicates (with very few exceptions) stony iron meteorite always greater than 4 % 6 planet or asteroid much larger than 100 km in diameter

Mount Egerton enstatite, forsterite, sodic plagioclase, metal, numerous sulfides meteorite find mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals Mount Egerton, Australia higher than that of average solar system material melted and crystallized residues from partial melting Mount Egerton can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents extreme AUB highly reduced with very little FeO lower because the fall was not witnessed 1205 kg 24° 53' S., 117° 38' E. enstatite often minerals not found on Earth always greater than 4 % 1941 1.7 kg
9 meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal enstatite crystals up to 8.5 cm x 5 cm x 2.8 cm breccias of igneous lithologies

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Subject	has minerology	is an instance of	has distinguishing feature	has fall location	has metal content	has likely origin	has name	has weather	has weathering stage	has letter designation	has relative abundance	has oxidation state	has value	has total mass of find	has fall coordinate	has characteristic mineral	has composition	is a kind of	has nickel content	has find date	has mass	has image	has number of find	has origin	have composition	has definition	has petrology
aubrite	enstatite, forsterite, sodic plagioclase, metal, numerous sulfides		no chondrules	strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity		melted and crystallized residues from partial melting	based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred			AUB		highly reduced with very little FeO		1205 kg	in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude	enstatite	often minerals not found on Earth	highly reduced meteorite					9	asteroid			breccias of igneous lithologies
meteorite find				strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity			based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred	can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents					lower because the fall was not witnessed	485755 kg	in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude		often minerals not found on Earth	meteorite		when the meteorite was found			1691	meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal		a meteorite whose fall was not witnessed
ungrouped stony iron meteorite			mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals	strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity	higher than that of average solar system material		based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred				1.5 % of meteorite falls			225 kg	in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude		silicates (with very few exceptions)	stony iron meteorite	always greater than 4 %				6	planet or asteroid much larger than 100 km in diameter
Mount Egerton	enstatite, forsterite, sodic plagioclase, metal, numerous sulfides	meteorite find	mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals	Mount Egerton, Australia	higher than that of average solar system material	melted and crystallized residues from partial melting	Mount Egerton	can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents	extreme	AUB		highly reduced with very little FeO	lower because the fall was not witnessed	1205 kg	24° 53' S., 117° 38' E.	enstatite	often minerals not found on Earth		always greater than 4 %	1941	1.7 kg		9	meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal	enstatite crystals up to 8.5 cm x 5 cm x 2.8 cm		breccias of igneous lithologies