Rumuruti Comparison Table

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Rumuruti comparison table

Subject has metal abundance has refractory inclusion abundance is an instance of has olivine and low Ca pyroxene homogeneity has part feldspar has fall location has name has chondrule glass type has chondrule abundance has degree of aqueous alteration has part chondrule has prototype has oxidation state has structural state of low Ca pyroxene has degree of thermal metamorphism has part matrix has matrix abundance has part carbon has petrologic type has part maximum bulk Ni in metal has composition is a kind of has part water has synonym has chondrule mean diameter has part sulfide Ni content

R chondrite 0.1 % by volume 0 % by volume usually plagioclase tectosilicate strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred greater than 40 % by volume small sphere of about 1 mm diameter of formerly melted minerals Rumuruti meteorite highly oxidized definition goes here fine grained disequilibrium mixture of silicates, oxides, metal, sulfides and organic constituents 36 % by volume in weight % 3 to 6 enriched in ¹⁷O isotope anhydrous chondrite 0 % by weight (approximately) rumurutiite 0.4 millimeters

type 3 chondrite in volume % in volume % greater than 5 % deviations minor primary grains only strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred clear, isotropic, variable abundance in volume % none chondrules very sharply defined predominantly monoclinic none clastic and minor opaque in volume % 0.2 to 1 % by weight 3 greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship often minerals not found on Earth anhydrous chondrite 0.3 to 3 % by weight millimeters less than 0.5 % by weight

Rumuruti 0.1 % by volume 0 % by volume type 3 chondrite greater than 5 % deviations minor primary grains only Sahara Rumuruti clear, isotropic, variable abundance greater than 40 % by volume none chondrules very sharply defined Rumuruti meteorite highly oxidized predominantly monoclinic none clastic and minor opaque 36 % by volume 0.2 to 1 % by weight 3 greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship enriched in ¹⁷O isotope 0.3 to 3 % by weight rumurutiite 0.4 millimeters less than 0.5 % by weight

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Subject	has metal abundance	has refractory inclusion abundance	is an instance of	has olivine and low Ca pyroxene homogeneity	has part feldspar	has fall location	has name	has chondrule glass type	has chondrule abundance	has degree of aqueous alteration	has part chondrule	has prototype	has oxidation state	has structural state of low Ca pyroxene	has degree of thermal metamorphism	has part matrix	has matrix abundance	has part carbon	has petrologic type	has part maximum bulk Ni in metal	has composition	is a kind of	has part water	has synonym	has chondrule mean diameter	has part sulfide Ni content
R chondrite	0.1 % by volume	0 % by volume			usually plagioclase tectosilicate	strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity	based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred		greater than 40 % by volume		small sphere of about 1 mm diameter of formerly melted minerals	Rumuruti meteorite	highly oxidized	definition goes here		fine grained disequilibrium mixture of silicates, oxides, metal, sulfides and organic constituents	36 % by volume	in weight %	3 to 6		enriched in ¹⁷O isotope	anhydrous chondrite	0 % by weight (approximately)	rumurutiite	0.4 millimeters
type 3 chondrite	in volume %	in volume %		greater than 5 % deviations	minor primary grains only	strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity	based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred	clear, isotropic, variable abundance	in volume %	none	chondrules very sharply defined			predominantly monoclinic	none	clastic and minor opaque	in volume %	0.2 to 1 % by weight	3	greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship	often minerals not found on Earth	anhydrous chondrite	0.3 to 3 % by weight		millimeters	less than 0.5 % by weight
Rumuruti	0.1 % by volume	0 % by volume	type 3 chondrite	greater than 5 % deviations	minor primary grains only	Sahara	Rumuruti	clear, isotropic, variable abundance	greater than 40 % by volume	none	chondrules very sharply defined	Rumuruti meteorite	highly oxidized	predominantly monoclinic	none	clastic and minor opaque	36 % by volume	0.2 to 1 % by weight	3	greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship	enriched in ¹⁷O isotope		0.3 to 3 % by weight	rumurutiite	0.4 millimeters	less than 0.5 % by weight