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Pillistfer comparison table

Subject has part mean Ni content of sulfide 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 oxidized iron content 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 oxidation state 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 degree of shock metamorphism has mass 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 total mass of find has chondrule abundance has parent body has part chondrule has petrologic type range

EL6 chondrite in weight % less than 0.2 % by weight E chondrite the range over at which the alteration took place transparent, recrystallized, coarse crystals less than 2 to 15 % by volume agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid secondary, grains greater than 50 microns 15 % by volume 0.1 to 1 % by volume zero 0.6 millimeters thermal metamorphism recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods E6 chondrite devitrified, absent 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 highly reduced with very little FeO low 8 3 to 6 less than 1.5 % by weight strong 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 orthorhombic in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude homogeneous 59 kg 60 to 80 % by volume asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter chondrules poorly defined which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism

meteorite fall negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion begins recorded by eyewitness or instruments what witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments meteorite a meteorite whose fall was witnessed by human or electronic means 1691 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 witnessed in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude 485755 kg

S2 shock stage chondrite in weight % in weight % undulatory extinction, irregular fractures fine grained disequilibrium mixture of silicates, oxides, metal, sulfides and organic constituents the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration 5 to 10 GPa in volume % agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid usually plagioclase tectosilicate in volume % in volume % millimeters shock metamorphism recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods S2 shock stage meteorite oldest and most primitive rock in solar system 1691 in weight % undulatory extinction, irregular fractures, some planar fractures undulatory extinction, irregular fractures very weakly shocked less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred before, during or after other types of metamorphism strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity S2 in weight % definition goes here definition goes here in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude 485755 kg in volume % asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter small sphere of about 1 mm diameter of formerly melted minerals which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism

Pillistfer in weight % less than 0.2 % by weight E chondrite the range over at which the alteration took place undulatory extinction, irregular fractures transparent, recrystallized, coarse crystals the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration 5 to 10 GPa less than 2 to 15 % by volume agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories
negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion begins providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid secondary, grains greater than 50 microns 15 % by volume 0.1 to 1 % by volume zero 0.6 millimeters shock metamorphism 12:30 pm August 8, 1868 what witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments devitrified, absent 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 highly reduced with very little FeO low 1691 3 to 6 less than 1.5 % by weight strong undulatory extinction, irregular fractures, some planar fractures undulatory extinction, irregular fractures very weakly shocked 23.25 kg less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite Pillistfer before, during or after other types of metamorphism Aukoma, Kurla, Wahhe, and Sawiauk in Estonian SSR S2 shock stage chondrite S2 in weight % definition goes here orthorhombic higher because the fall was witnessed 58° 40' N., 25° 44' E. homogeneous 485755 kg 60 to 80 % by volume asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter chondrules poorly defined which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism

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Subject	has part mean Ni content of sulfide	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 oxidized iron content	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 oxidation state	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 degree of shock metamorphism	has mass	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 total mass of find	has chondrule abundance	has parent body	has part chondrule	has petrologic type range
EL6 chondrite	in weight %	less than 0.2 % by weight	E chondrite	the range over at which the alteration took place		transparent, recrystallized, coarse crystals			less than 2 to 15 % by volume	agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories			providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid	secondary, grains greater than 50 microns	15 % by volume	0.1 to 1 % by volume	zero	0.6 millimeters	thermal metamorphism	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods		E6 chondrite	devitrified, absent	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	highly reduced with very little FeO	low		8	3 to 6	less than 1.5 % by weight	strong					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	orthorhombic		in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude	homogeneous	59 kg	60 to 80 % by volume	asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter	chondrules poorly defined	which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism
meteorite fall												negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion begins								recorded by eyewitness or instruments	what witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments	meteorite							a meteorite whose fall was witnessed by human or electronic means	1691										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 witnessed	in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude		485755 kg
S2 shock stage chondrite	in weight %	in weight %			undulatory extinction, irregular fractures	fine grained disequilibrium mixture of silicates, oxides, metal, sulfides and organic constituents	the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration	5 to 10 GPa	in volume %	agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories			providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid	usually plagioclase tectosilicate	in volume %	in volume %		millimeters	shock metamorphism	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods		S2 shock stage meteorite		oldest and most primitive rock in solar system						1691		in weight %		undulatory extinction, irregular fractures, some planar fractures	undulatory extinction, irregular fractures	very weakly shocked		less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification	orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite	based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred	before, during or after other types of metamorphism	strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity		S2	in weight %	definition goes here	definition goes here		in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude		485755 kg	in volume %	asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter	small sphere of about 1 mm diameter of formerly melted minerals	which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism
Pillistfer	in weight %	less than 0.2 % by weight	E chondrite	the range over at which the alteration took place	undulatory extinction, irregular fractures	transparent, recrystallized, coarse crystals	the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration	5 to 10 GPa	less than 2 to 15 % by volume	agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories		negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion begins	providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid	secondary, grains greater than 50 microns	15 % by volume	0.1 to 1 % by volume	zero	0.6 millimeters	shock metamorphism	12:30 pm August 8, 1868	what witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments		devitrified, absent	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	highly reduced with very little FeO	low		1691	3 to 6	less than 1.5 % by weight	strong	undulatory extinction, irregular fractures, some planar fractures	undulatory extinction, irregular fractures	very weakly shocked	23.25 kg	less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification	orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite	Pillistfer	before, during or after other types of metamorphism	Aukoma, Kurla, Wahhe, and Sawiauk in Estonian SSR	S2 shock stage chondrite	S2	in weight %	definition goes here	orthorhombic	higher because the fall was witnessed	58° 40' N., 25° 44' E.	homogeneous	485755 kg	60 to 80 % by volume	asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter	chondrules poorly defined	which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism