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Parnallee comparison table
Subject has iron metal and iron sulfide 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 total iron content has olivine and low Ca pyroxene homogeneity has part feldspar has fragmentation probability has metal iron content has part metal maximum bulk has fall location has fall date has name has chondrule glass type 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 degree of aqueous alteration has petrologic subtype has value has total mass of find has structural state of low Ca pyroxene has peak temperature has parent body has part matrix has degree of thermal metamorphism has fall coordinate has matrix abundance has petrologic type range has part carbon has petrologic type has part maximum bulk Ni in metal has composition is a kind of has part water has mass has image has number of find has ablative mass loss has synonym has definition has chondrule mean diameter has part sulfide Ni content
LL3 chondrite20 % of total ironagglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historieslow2 % by volumein weight %oldest and most primitive rock in solar system0.1 to 1 % by volume lowgreater than 5 % deviationsminor primary grains onlyhigh because it is more friable than iron meteoriteabout 2 %in weight %strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityrecorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methodsbased on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurredclear, isotropic, variable abundance  definition goes here60 to 80 % by volume85.7 % of meteorite fallschondrules very sharply definedmost common chondrite observed from fallsnone  90 kgpredominantly monoclinicless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidificationasteroid smaller than 100 km in diameterclastic and minor opaquenonein degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude10 to 15 % by volumewhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism0.2 to 1 % by weight3greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationshipbronzite, olivine and minor oligoclasetype 3 chondrite0.3 to 3 % by weight  5high because it is more friable than iron meteoriteamphoterite 0.9 millimetersless than 0.5 % by weight
meteorite fall  which depends on its composition        during meteor phase which depends on composition  strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityrecorded by eyewitness or instrumentsbased on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion beginswhat witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments       higher because the fall was witnessed485755 kg     in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude     often minerals not found on Earthmeteorite   1691directly proportional to initial velocity a meteorite whose fall was witnessed by human or electronic means  
Parnallee20 % of total ironagglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historieswhich depends on its composition2 % by volumein weight %oldest and most primitive rock in solar system0.1 to 1 % by volumemeteorite falllowgreater than 5 % deviationsminor primary grains onlyduring meteor phase which depends on compositionabout 2 %in weight %Perunali, Ramnad district, 52 miles SSE of MaduraFebruary 1857Parnalleeclear, isotropic, variable abundancenegligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion beginswhat witnesses saw or what was recorded by instrumentsdefinition goes here60 to 80 % by volume chondrules very sharply definedmost common chondrite observed from fallsnone3.6higher because the fall was witnessed90 kgpredominantly monoclinicless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidificationasteroid smaller than 100 km in diameterclastic and minor opaquenone9° 14' N., 78° 21' E.10 to 15 % by volumewhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism0.2 to 1 % by weight3greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationshipoften minerals not found on Earth 0.3 to 3 % by weight77.6 kg
5directly proportional to initial velocityamphoterite 0.9 millimetersless than 0.5 % by weight

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