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Orgueil comparison table

Subject has sediment mechanism has weather resistance has metal abundance has part mean Ni content of sulfide has age has refractory inclusion abundance is an instance of has distinguishing feature has part feldspar has fragmentation probability has part metal maximum bulk has fall date has metamorphism mechanism has degree of secondary process has name has weather has fall description has homogeneity of olivine and low Ca pyroxene has chondrule abundance has relative abundance has part chondrule has abundance has prototype has degree of aqueous alteration has value has total mass of find has structural state of low Ca pyroxene has peak temperature has part matrix has volatile content has parent body has fall coordinate has matrix abundance has petrologic type range has part carbon has petrologic type is a kind of has part water has mass has image has tenacity has number of find has ablative mass loss has definition has chondrule mean diameter

CI chondrite agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories low 0 % by volume in weight % oldest and most primitive rock in solar system less than 1 % by volume elemental carbon usually plagioclase tectosilicate high because it is more friable than iron meteorite in weight % recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods aqueous altermation providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred definition goes here less than 1 % by volume 8 % of meteorite falls no chondrules rare relative to other chondrite types Ivuna meteorite strong 2577 kg definition goes here less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification all fine-grained, opaque high asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude greater than 99 % by volume which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism 3 to 5 % by weight 1 type 1 chondrite 18 to 22 % by weight friable 36 high because it is more friable than iron meteorite no chondrules

meteorite fall which depends on its composition during meteor phase which depends on composition recorded 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 begins what witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments higher because the fall was witnessed 485755 kg in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude meteorite 1691 directly proportional to initial velocity a meteorite whose fall was witnessed by human or electronic means

Orgueil agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories which depends on its composition 0 % by volume in weight % oldest and most primitive rock in solar system less than 1 % by volume CI chondrite elemental carbon usually plagioclase tectosilicate during meteor phase which depends on composition in weight % May 14, 1864 few minutes after 8:00 pm aqueous altermation providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid Orgueil negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion begins what witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments definition goes here less than 1 % by volume 8 % of meteorite falls no chondrules rare relative to other chondrite types Ivuna meteorite strong higher because the fall was witnessed 2577 kg definition goes here less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification all fine-grained, opaque high asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter 43° 53' N., 1° 23' E. greater than 99 % by volume which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism 3 to 5 % by weight 1 18 to 22 % by weight 11 kg
friable 36 directly proportional to initial velocity no chondrules

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Subject	has sediment mechanism	has weather resistance	has metal abundance	has part mean Ni content of sulfide	has age	has refractory inclusion abundance	is an instance of	has distinguishing feature	has part feldspar	has fragmentation probability	has part metal maximum bulk	has fall date	has metamorphism mechanism	has degree of secondary process	has name	has weather	has fall description	has homogeneity of olivine and low Ca pyroxene	has chondrule abundance	has relative abundance	has part chondrule	has abundance	has prototype	has degree of aqueous alteration	has value	has total mass of find	has structural state of low Ca pyroxene	has peak temperature	has part matrix	has volatile content	has parent body	has fall coordinate	has matrix abundance	has petrologic type range	has part carbon	has petrologic type	is a kind of	has part water	has mass	has image	has tenacity	has number of find	has ablative mass loss	has definition	has chondrule mean diameter
CI chondrite	agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories	low	0 % by volume	in weight %	oldest and most primitive rock in solar system	less than 1 % by volume		elemental carbon	usually plagioclase tectosilicate	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	in weight %	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods	aqueous altermation	providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid	based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred			definition goes here	less than 1 % by volume	8 % of meteorite falls	no chondrules	rare relative to other chondrite types	Ivuna meteorite	strong		2577 kg	definition goes here	less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification	all fine-grained, opaque	high	asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter	in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude	greater than 99 % by volume	which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism	3 to 5 % by weight	1	type 1 chondrite	18 to 22 % by weight			friable	36	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite		no chondrules
meteorite fall		which depends on its composition								during meteor phase which depends on composition		recorded 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 begins	what witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments								higher because the fall was witnessed	485755 kg						in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude					meteorite					1691	directly proportional to initial velocity	a meteorite whose fall was witnessed by human or electronic means
Orgueil	agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories	which depends on its composition	0 % by volume	in weight %	oldest and most primitive rock in solar system	less than 1 % by volume	CI chondrite	elemental carbon	usually plagioclase tectosilicate	during meteor phase which depends on composition	in weight %	May 14, 1864 few minutes after 8:00 pm	aqueous altermation	providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid	Orgueil	negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion begins	what witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments	definition goes here	less than 1 % by volume	8 % of meteorite falls	no chondrules	rare relative to other chondrite types	Ivuna meteorite	strong	higher because the fall was witnessed	2577 kg	definition goes here	less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification	all fine-grained, opaque	high	asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter	43° 53' N., 1° 23' E.	greater than 99 % by volume	which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism	3 to 5 % by weight	1		18 to 22 % by weight	11 kg		friable	36	directly proportional to initial velocity		no chondrules