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S4 shock stage chondrite comparison table

Subject	has part carbon	has alteration temperature range	has synonym	has part matrix	has acronym	has degree of aqueous alteration	has petrologic subtype	has olivine composition	has image	has weather	has part feldspar	has metal abundance	has chondrule mean diameter	has fall date	has weathering stage	has fall description	has chondrule glass type	has number of fragment	has total iron content	has number of find	has petrologic type	has find date	has part water	has degree of thermal metamorphism	has iron metal and iron sulfide	has mass	has name	has fall location	has pyroxene composition	has composition	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 part chondrule	has metal iron content	classified by
DaG 632	0.2 to 1 % by weight		amphoterite	clastic and minor opaque	DaG	none	3.2 - 3.4	Fa% 4.7 - 35.9		can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents	minor primary grains only	2 % by volume	0.9 millimeters	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods	W2		clear, isotropic, variable abundance	1	low	5	3	1998	0.3 to 3 % by weight	none	20 % of total iron	0.340 kg	based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred	Dar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara Desert	Fs% 17.7	bronzite, olivine and minor oligoclase	predominantly monoclinic	lower because the fall was not witnessed	26° 54.46' N. 16° 42.10' E.	greater than 5 % deviations	90 kg	chondrules very sharply defined	about 2 %	A. Sexton, Open University, UK. Meteoritical Bulletin No 84
Haxtun	less than 0.2 % by weight	the range over at which the alteration took place	hypersthene chondrite	transparent, recrystallized, small crystals						can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents	secondary, grains than 2 microns	5 % by volume	0.7 millimeters	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods			devitrified, absent		low	21	4	August 1975	less than 1.5 % by weight	weak	50 % of total iron	15.53 kg	Haxtun	21 km SSE of Haxtun, Colorado		often minerals not found on Earth	greater than 20 % monoclinic	lower because the fall was not witnessed	40° 27.4' N., 102° 34.7' W.	less than 5 % mean deviations	1197 kg	chondrules well defined	5 to 10 %
Monahans (1998)	less than 0.2 % by weight	the range over at which the alteration took place	bronzite chondrite	transparent, recrystallized, moderate size crystals						negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion begins	secondary, 2 to 50 micron grains	10 % by volume	0.3 millimeters	6:47 pm March 22, 1998		what witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments	devitrified, absent		high	76	5		less than 1.5 % by weight	moderate	75 % of total iron	2.587 kg	Monahans (1998)	Allen Street, Monahans, Texas		often minerals not found on Earth	less than 20 % monoclinic	higher because the fall was witnessed	102° 53.5' W., 31° 36.5' N.	homogeneous	1267 kg	chondrules readily delineated	12 to 21 %
Moorabie	0.2 to 1 % by weight		hypersthene chondrite	clastic and minor opaque		none	3.8			can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents	minor primary grains only	5 % by volume	0.7 millimeters	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods			clear, isotropic, variable abundance		low	10	3	before 1965	0.3 to 3 % by weight	none	50 % of total iron	14.1 kg	Moorabie	130 miles north of Broken Hill close to Boolka, 10 miles south of Moorabie Bore, New South Wales		often minerals not found on Earth	predominantly monoclinic	lower because the fall was not witnessed	30° 6' S., 141° 4' E.	greater than 5 % deviations	131 kg	chondrules very sharply defined	5 to 10 %

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