S3 shock stage meteorite Comparison Table

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Subject has part mean Ni content of sulfide has solidification timescale has part carbon has olivine shock metamorphism has part matrix is independent of has shock pressure has acronym has matrix abundance has shock texture has letter designation has sediment mechanism has origin has likely origin has image has weather has distinguishing feature has degree of secondary process has part feldspar has metal abundance has refractory inclusion abundance has solidification mechanism has chondrule mean diameter has petrology has weathering stage is a kind of has chondrule glass type has age has number of fragment has number of find has find date has part water has comment has orthopyroxene shock metamorphism has plagioclase shock metamorphism has characteristic mineral has degree of shock metamorphism has mass has peak temperature has shock diagnostic mineral be shock has fall location is an instance of has pyroxene composition has shock stage has part metal maximum bulk be an acronym for has homogeneity of olivine and low Ca pyroxene has structural state of low Ca pyroxene has matrix composition has value has fall coordinate has minerology has total mass of find has chondrule abundance has parent body has part chondrule has olivine grain characteristic classified by has petrologic type range

DaG 609 very rapid 15 to 20 GPa DaG AUEC 4 Vesta cumulates, crystallized melts, impact mixing
can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents no chondrules extrusion onto the surface of the planet or asteroid via a volcanic eruption coarse-grained orthopyroxenites, gabbros, fine- to coarse-grained basalts, brecciated W2 2 23 1998 iron-rich, monomict, with chromite grains anorthite-pigeonite Ca-rich weakly shocked 0.696 kg Dar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara Desert eucrite Fs% 27-63 S3 Howardite, Eucrite, Diogenite lower because the fall was not witnessed 26° 53.13' N. 16° 34.81' E. orthopyroxene, olivine, chromite; pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silica 231 kg A. Sexton, Open University, UK. A. Sexton, Meteoritical Bulletin No 83

low shock ureilite very slow fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands less than 20 GPa silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine AURE asteroid partial melting residue no chondrules cooling in deep underground chambers coarse-grained granular S3 shock stage meteorite 6 (out of date) olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume low small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity S2-S3 carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) 9 kg (out of date) reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal

S3 shock stage chondrite in weight % in weight % planar fractures, 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 15 to 20 GPa in volume % agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid usually plagioclase tectosilicate in volume % in volume % millimeters S3 shock stage meteorite oldest and most primitive rock in solar system 1691 in weight % clinoenstatite lamellae on (100), undulatory extinction, planar fractures, irregular fractures undulatory extinction weakly shocked less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite before, during or after other types of metamorphism strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity S3 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

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Subject	has part mean Ni content of sulfide	has solidification timescale	has part carbon	has olivine shock metamorphism	has part matrix	is independent of	has shock pressure	has acronym	has matrix abundance	has shock texture	has letter designation	has sediment mechanism	has origin	has likely origin	has image	has weather	has distinguishing feature	has degree of secondary process	has part feldspar	has metal abundance	has refractory inclusion abundance	has solidification mechanism	has chondrule mean diameter	has petrology	has weathering stage	is a kind of	has chondrule glass type	has age	has number of fragment	has number of find	has find date	has part water	has comment	has orthopyroxene shock metamorphism	has plagioclase shock metamorphism	has characteristic mineral	has degree of shock metamorphism	has mass	has peak temperature	has shock diagnostic mineral	be shock	has fall location	is an instance of	has pyroxene composition	has shock stage	has part metal maximum bulk	be an acronym for	has homogeneity of olivine and low Ca pyroxene	has structural state of low Ca pyroxene	has matrix composition	has value	has fall coordinate	has minerology	has total mass of find	has chondrule abundance	has parent body	has part chondrule	has olivine grain characteristic	classified by	has petrologic type range
DaG 609		very rapid					15 to 20 GPa	DaG			AUEC		4 Vesta	cumulates, crystallized melts, impact mixing		can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents	no chondrules					extrusion onto the surface of the planet or asteroid via a volcanic eruption		coarse-grained orthopyroxenites, gabbros, fine- to coarse-grained basalts, brecciated	W2				2	23	1998		iron-rich, monomict, with chromite grains			anorthite-pigeonite Ca-rich	weakly shocked	0.696 kg				Dar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara Desert	eucrite	Fs% 27-63	S3		Howardite, Eucrite, Diogenite				lower because the fall was not witnessed	26° 53.13' N. 16° 34.81' E.	orthopyroxene, olivine, chromite; pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silica	231 kg					A. Sexton, Open University, UK. A. Sexton, Meteoritical Bulletin No 83
low shock ureilite		very slow		fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands			less than 20 GPa			silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine	AURE		asteroid	partial melting residue			no chondrules					cooling in deep underground chambers		coarse-grained granular		S3 shock stage meteorite				6 (out of date)						olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume	low			small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished		strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity			S2-S3					carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume		in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude	olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite)	9 kg (out of date)				reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal
S3 shock stage chondrite	in weight %		in weight %	planar fractures, 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	15 to 20 GPa		in volume %			agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories	meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal					providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid	usually plagioclase tectosilicate	in volume %	in volume %		millimeters			S3 shock stage meteorite		oldest and most primitive rock in solar system		1691		in weight %		clinoenstatite lamellae on (100), undulatory extinction, planar fractures, irregular fractures	undulatory extinction		weakly shocked		less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification	orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite	before, during or after other types of metamorphism	strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity			S3	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