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Mundrabilla comparison table

Subject has part mean Ni content of sulfide has weather resistance has part carbon has daubreelite has part matrix has mafic mineral has prototype has nickel content has iridium content has chr has degree of aqueous alteration has matrix abundance has phosphor content has sediment mechanism has origin has gallium content has image has distinguishing feature has part feldspar has metal abundance has refractory inclusion abundance has relative abundance has fragmentation probability has chondrule mean diameter have composition has arsenic content is a kind of has chondrule glass type has age has part sulfide Ni content has part maximum bulk Ni in metal has copper content has troilite has structural class has number of find has antimony content has petrologic type has find date has part water has plagioclase has degree of thermal metamorphism has abundance has metal has peak temperature has tungsten content has W.P. has name has crystal size has fall location is an instance of has chromium content parent body radiu has formation cooling rate has schreibersite has cobalt content has cohenite has palladium content has part metal maximum bulk has germanium content has molydbenum content has homogeneity of olivine and low Ca pyroxene has gold content has graphite has composition has structural state of low Ca pyroxene has metal content 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 petrologic type range

CV chondrite in weight % low 0.2 to 1 % by weight clastic and minor opaque Vigarano meteorite weak 40 % by volume agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal elemental carbon minor primary grains only 0 to 5 % by volume 10 % by volume 8 % of meteorite falls high because it is more friable than iron meteorite 1.0 millimeters type 3 chondrite clear, isotropic, variable abundance oldest and most primitive rock in solar system less than 0.5 % by weight greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship 36 3 0.3 to 3 % by weight none rare relative to other chondrite types less 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 here iron-rich olivine, calcium aluminum inclusions predominantly monoclinic in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude greater than 5 % deviations high because it is more friable than iron meteorite 2577 kg 45 % by volume asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter chondrules very sharply defined which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism

Of octahedrite high always greater than 4 % planet or asteroid much larger than 100 km in diameter crystalline iron-nickel alloy 5.7 % of meteorite falls low because it is tougher than stony meteorite octahedrite Of 532 based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred 0.2 to 0.5 mm (fine) strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity silicates (with very few exceptions) higher than that of average solar system material in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude low because it has higher tensile strength than stony meteorite 454624 kg

sulfide-rich IAB iron high % by volume includes olivine, orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene in % by volume Mundrabilla meteorite 6.4 % by weight 2.7 microgram/gram % by volume 2.1 milligram/gram asteroid wide partial melting 96 microgram/gram 5.7 % of meteorite falls low because it is tougher than stony meteorite 11 microgram/gram type IAB iron meteorite 132 microgram/gram % by volume 532 270 nanogram/gram % by volume % by volume 1.6 microgram/gram % by volume 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 16 microgram/gram 33 kilometers 25 degrees C per million years % by volume 4.6 milligram/gram % by volume 3.5 microgram/gram 400 microgram/gram 8.2 microgram/gram 1.5 microgram/gram % by volume high in troilite higher than that of average solar system material in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude low because it has higher tensile strength than stony meteorite 454624 kg

Mundrabilla in weight % low 0.2 to 1 % by weight 1.6 % by volume clastic and minor opaque 48.5 % by volume Vigarano meteorite 7.47 % by weight 2.7 microgram/gram % by volume weak 40 % by volume 2.1 milligram/gram agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories asteroid wide partial melting 96 microgram/gram
elemental carbon minor primary grains only 0 to 5 % by volume 10 % by volume 8 % of meteorite falls high because it is more friable than iron meteorite 1.0 millimeters 7.72% Ni, 59.5 ppm Ga, 196 ppm Ge, 0.87 ppm Ir 11 microgram/gram clear, isotropic, variable abundance oldest and most primitive rock in solar system less than 0.5 % by weight greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship 132 microgram/gram 30.5 % by volume Of 36 270 nanogram/gram 3 1911 0.3 to 3 % by weight 14.9 % by volume none rare relative to other chondrite types 0.12 % by volume less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification 1.6 microgram/gram 0.69 % by volume Mundrabilla 0.6 mm (fine) Mundrabilla, Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia CV chondrite 16 microgram/gram 33 kilometers 25 degrees C per million years % by volume 4.6 milligram/gram % by volume 3.5 microgram/gram in weight % 400 microgram/gram 8.2 microgram/gram definition goes here 1.5 microgram/gram 3.7 % by volume iron-rich olivine, calcium aluminum inclusions predominantly monoclinic higher than that of average solar system material Latitude 30 degrees 47 minutes South, Longitude 127 degrees 33 minutes East greater than 5 % deviations high because it is more friable than iron meteorite 2577 kg 45 % by volume asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter chondrules very sharply defined which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism

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Subject	has part mean Ni content of sulfide	has weather resistance	has part carbon	has daubreelite	has part matrix	has mafic mineral	has prototype	has nickel content	has iridium content	has chr	has degree of aqueous alteration	has matrix abundance	has phosphor content	has sediment mechanism	has origin	has gallium content	has image	has distinguishing feature	has part feldspar	has metal abundance	has refractory inclusion abundance	has relative abundance	has fragmentation probability	has chondrule mean diameter	have composition	has arsenic content	is a kind of	has chondrule glass type	has age	has part sulfide Ni content	has part maximum bulk Ni in metal	has copper content	has troilite	has structural class	has number of find	has antimony content	has petrologic type	has find date	has part water	has plagioclase	has degree of thermal metamorphism	has abundance	has metal	has peak temperature	has tungsten content	has W.P.	has name	has crystal size	has fall location	is an instance of	has chromium content	parent body radiu	has formation cooling rate	has schreibersite	has cobalt content	has cohenite	has palladium content	has part metal maximum bulk	has germanium content	has molydbenum content	has homogeneity of olivine and low Ca pyroxene	has gold content	has graphite	has composition	has structural state of low Ca pyroxene	has metal content	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 petrologic type range
CV chondrite	in weight %	low	0.2 to 1 % by weight		clastic and minor opaque		Vigarano meteorite				weak	40 % by volume		agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories	meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal			elemental carbon	minor primary grains only	0 to 5 % by volume	10 % by volume	8 % of meteorite falls	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	1.0 millimeters			type 3 chondrite	clear, isotropic, variable abundance	oldest and most primitive rock in solar system	less than 0.5 % by weight	greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship				36		3		0.3 to 3 % by weight		none	rare relative to other chondrite types		less 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 here			iron-rich olivine, calcium aluminum inclusions	predominantly monoclinic		in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude	greater than 5 % deviations	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	2577 kg	45 % by volume	asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter	chondrules very sharply defined	which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism
Of octahedrite		high						always greater than 4 %							planet or asteroid much larger than 100 km in diameter			crystalline iron-nickel alloy				5.7 % of meteorite falls	low because it is tougher than stony meteorite				octahedrite							Of	532												based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred	0.2 to 0.5 mm (fine)	strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity															silicates (with very few exceptions)		higher than that of average solar system material	in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude		low because it has higher tensile strength than stony meteorite	454624 kg
sulfide-rich IAB iron		high		% by volume		includes olivine, orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene in % by volume	Mundrabilla meteorite	6.4 % by weight	2.7 microgram/gram	% by volume			2.1 milligram/gram		asteroid wide partial melting	96 microgram/gram						5.7 % of meteorite falls	low because it is tougher than stony meteorite			11 microgram/gram	type IAB iron meteorite					132 microgram/gram	% by volume		532	270 nanogram/gram				% by volume			% by volume		1.6 microgram/gram	% by volume	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		16 microgram/gram	33 kilometers	25 degrees C per million years	% by volume	4.6 milligram/gram	% by volume	3.5 microgram/gram		400 microgram/gram	8.2 microgram/gram		1.5 microgram/gram	% by volume	high in troilite		higher than that of average solar system material	in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude		low because it has higher tensile strength than stony meteorite	454624 kg
Mundrabilla	in weight %	low	0.2 to 1 % by weight	1.6 % by volume	clastic and minor opaque	48.5 % by volume	Vigarano meteorite	7.47 % by weight	2.7 microgram/gram	% by volume	weak	40 % by volume	2.1 milligram/gram	agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories	asteroid wide partial melting	96 microgram/gram		elemental carbon	minor primary grains only	0 to 5 % by volume	10 % by volume	8 % of meteorite falls	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	1.0 millimeters	7.72% Ni, 59.5 ppm Ga, 196 ppm Ge, 0.87 ppm Ir	11 microgram/gram		clear, isotropic, variable abundance	oldest and most primitive rock in solar system	less than 0.5 % by weight	greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship	132 microgram/gram	30.5 % by volume	Of	36	270 nanogram/gram	3	1911	0.3 to 3 % by weight	14.9 % by volume	none	rare relative to other chondrite types	0.12 % by volume	less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification	1.6 microgram/gram	0.69 % by volume	Mundrabilla	0.6 mm (fine)	Mundrabilla, Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia	CV chondrite	16 microgram/gram	33 kilometers	25 degrees C per million years	% by volume	4.6 milligram/gram	% by volume	3.5 microgram/gram	in weight %	400 microgram/gram	8.2 microgram/gram	definition goes here	1.5 microgram/gram	3.7 % by volume	iron-rich olivine, calcium aluminum inclusions	predominantly monoclinic	higher than that of average solar system material	Latitude 30 degrees 47 minutes South, Longitude 127 degrees 33 minutes East	greater than 5 % deviations	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	2577 kg	45 % by volume	asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter	chondrules very sharply defined	which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism