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Mount Tazerzait comparison table
Subject has part mean Ni content of sulfide has weather resistance has part carbon has synonym has alteration temperature range has olivine shock metamorphism has part matrix is independent of has shock pressure has matrix abundance has sediment mechanism has image has weather has degree of secondary process has part feldspar has metal abundance has refractory inclusion abundance has relative abundance has fragmentation probability has chondrule mean diameter has metamorphism mechanism has fall date has fall description is a kind of has chondrule glass type has age has part sulfide Ni content has part maximum bulk Ni in metal has total iron content has definition has number of find has petrologic type has part water has degree of thermal metamorphism has orthopyroxene shock metamorphism has plagioclase shock metamorphism has iron metal and iron sulfide has degree of shock metamorphism has mass has abundance has peak temperature has shock diagnostic mineral has name be shock has fall location is an instance of has shock stage has part metal maximum bulk has homogeneity of olivine and low Ca pyroxene has structural state of low Ca pyroxene has value has fall coordinate has olivine and low Ca pyroxene homogeneity has ablative mass loss has total mass of find has chondrule abundance has parent body has part chondrule has metal iron content has petrologic type range
L5 chondritein weight %lowless than 0.2 % by weighthypersthene chondritethe range over at which the alteration took place transparent, recrystallized, moderate size crystals  10 to 15 % by volumeagglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories  providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroidsecondary, 2 to 50 micron grains5 % by volume0.1 to 1 % by volume85.7 % of meteorite fallshigh because it is more friable than iron meteorite0.7 millimetersthermal metamorphismrecorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods type 5 chondritedevitrified, absentoldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 0.5 % by weightgreater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationshiplow 445less than 1.5 % by weightmoderate  50 % of total iron  most common chondrite observed from fallsless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification 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  in weight %definition goes hereless than 20 % monoclinic in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudehomogeneoushigh because it is more friable than iron meteorite1256 kg60 to 80 % by volumeasteroid smaller than 100 km in diameterchondrules readily delineated5 to 10 %which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism
meteorite fall which depends on its composition          negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion begins     during meteor phase which depends on composition  recorded by eyewitness or instrumentswhat witnesses saw or what was recorded by instrumentsmeteorite     a meteorite whose fall was witnessed by human or electronic means1691           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     higher because the fall was witnessedin degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude directly proportional to initial velocity485755 kg     
S1 shock stage chondritein weight %which depends on its compositionin weight %  sharp optical extinction, irregular fracturesfine grained disequilibrium mixture of silicates, oxides, metal, sulfides and organic constituentsthe nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alterationless than 5 GPain volume %agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories  providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroidusually plagioclase tectosilicatein volume %in volume % during meteor phase which depends on compositionmillimetersshock metamorphismrecorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods S1 shock stage meteorite oldest and most primitive rock in solar system    1691 in weight % sharp optical extinction, irregular fracturessharp optical extinction, irregular fractures unshocked  less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidificationorthopyroxene for enstatite chondritebased on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurredbefore, during or after other types of metamorphismstrewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity S1in weight %definition goes heredefinition goes here in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude directly proportional to initial velocity485755 kgin volume %asteroid smaller than 100 km in diametersmall sphere of about 1 mm diameter of formerly melted minerals which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism
Mount Tazerzaitin weight %which depends on its compositionless than 0.2 % by weighthypersthene chondritethe range over at which the alteration took placesharp optical extinction, irregular fracturestransparent, recrystallized, moderate size crystalsthe nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alterationless than 5 GPa10 to 15 % by volumeagglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories
negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion beginsproviding insight into geological evolution of parent asteroidsecondary, 2 to 50 micron grains5 % by volume0.1 to 1 % by volume during meteor phase which depends on composition0.7 millimetersshock metamorphismAugust 21, 1991what witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments devitrified, absentoldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 0.5 % by weightgreater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationshiplow 445less than 1.5 % by weightmoderatesharp optical extinction, irregular fracturessharp optical extinction, irregular fractures50 % of total ironunshocked110 kgmost common chondrite observed from fallsless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidificationorthopyroxene for enstatite chondriteMt. Tazerzaitbefore, during or after other types of metamorphismTahoua, Republic of NigerS1 shock stage chondriteS1in weight %definition goes hereless than 20 % monoclinichigher because the fall was witnessed18° 42' N., 4° 48' E.homogeneousdirectly proportional to initial velocity1256 kg60 to 80 % by volumeasteroid smaller than 100 km in diameterchondrules readily delineated5 to 10 %which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism

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