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Mundrabilla
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Mundrabilla	has image
	is an instance of sulfide-rich IAB iron
	is an instance of Of octahedrite
	has name Mundrabilla
	has find date 1911
	has fall location Mundrabilla, Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia
	has fall coordinates Latitude 30 degrees 47 minutes South, Longitude 127 degrees 33 minutes East
	have composition 7.72% Ni, 59.5 ppm Ga, 196 ppm Ge, 0.87 ppm Ir
	has crystal size 0.6 mm (fine)
	has nickel content 7.47 % by weight
	has shape of inclusion
	has texture
	has mafic minerals 48.5 % by volume
	has plagioclase 14.9 % by volume
	has troilite 30.5 % by volume
	has metal 0.12 % by volume
	has W.P. 0.69 % by volume
	has daubreelite 1.6 % by volume
	has graphite 3.7 % by volume
	is an instance of CV chondrite
sulfide-rich IAB iron	has composition high in troilite
	has troilite texture
	has prototype Mundrabilla meteorite
Of octahedrite	has structural class Of
CV chondrite	has degree of aqueous alteration weak
	has prototype Vigarano meteorite
	has composition iron-rich olivine, calcium aluminum inclusions
	has chondrule abundance 45 % by volume
	has matrix abundance 40 % by volume
	has refractory inclusion abundance 10 % by volume
	has metal abundance 0 to 5 % by volume
	has chondrule mean diameter 1.0 millimeters
type IAB iron meteorite	has formation cooling rate 25 degrees C per million years
	parent body radius 33 kilometers
	has chr % by volume
	has schreibersite % by volume
	has cohenite % by volume
	has gallium content 96 microgram/gram
	has germanium content 400 microgram/gram
	has iridium content 2.7 microgram/gram
	has phosphor content 2.1 milligram/gram
	has chromium content 16 microgram/gram
	has cobalt content 4.6 milligram/gram
	has copper content 132 microgram/gram
	has molydbenum content 8.2 microgram/gram
	has tungsten content 1.6 microgram/gram
	has palladium content 3.5 microgram/gram
	has gold content 1.5 microgram/gram
	has arsenic content 11 microgram/gram
	has antimony content 270 nanogram/gram
carbonaceous chondrite	has relative abundance 8 % of meteorite falls
	has total mass of finds 2577 kg
	has number of finds 36
	has distinguishing feature elemental carbon
	has abundance rare relative to other chondrite types
type 3 chondrite	has petrologic type 3
	has degree of thermal metamorphism none
	has olivine and low Ca pyroxene homogeneity greater than 5 % deviations
	has structural state of low Ca pyroxene predominantly monoclinic
	has chondrule glass type clear, isotropic, variable abundance
	has part feldspar minor primary grains only
	has part maximum bulk Ni in metal greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship
	has part sulfide Ni content less than 0.5 % by weight
	has part matrix clastic and minor opaque
	has part chondrule chondrules very sharply defined
	has part carbon 0.2 to 1 % by weight
	has part water 0.3 to 3 % by weight
type IAB/IIICD iron meteorite	has origin impact melting
	has origin asteroid wide partial melting
chondrite	has petrologic type range which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism
	has homogeneity of olivine and low Ca pyroxene definition goes here
	has part metal maximum bulk in weight %
	has part mean Ni content of sulfides in weight %
iron meteorite	has weather resistance high
	has fragmentation probability low because it is tougher than stony meteorite
	has ablative mass loss low because it has higher tensile strength than stony meteorite
stony meteorite	has weather resistance low
	has fragmentation probability high because it is more friable than iron meteorite
	has ablative mass loss high because it is more friable than iron meteorite
undifferentiated meteorite	has peak temperature less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification
	has parent body asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter
	has age oldest and most primitive rock in solar system
metal-rich meteorite	has metal content higher than that of average solar system material
meteorite	has fall date recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods
	has fall map which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity
	can have crater image
	has original mass which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site
	has impact velocity when it hits the ground which is smaller than its velocity before it enters the atmosphere
	has impact angle
	has monetary value large if the fall was witnessed
	often produce power outages and failures in electrical equipment due to EMP (electromagnetic pulse)
	can be associated with crater
	vaporizes completely if size is between 3 micrometers and 3 millimeters
	can survive fall if size is larger than 3 mm and velocity is less than 24 km per second
	can survive fall if it fragments because smaller pieces with less mass are more easily slowed by the atmosphere
	can shatter during impact phase
	can fragment during meteor phase
conglomerate	has sediment mechanism agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories
rock	has part mineral
	has genesis
igneous rock	has solidification mechanism
	has solidification timescale

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