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S5 shock stage chondrite comparison table
Subject has sediment mechanism has metal abundance has part mean Ni content of sulfide has degree of shock metamorphism has age has refractory inclusion abundance has shock stage has part feldspar has part metal maximum bulk has degree of secondary process has shock diagnostic mineral is independent of has olivine shock metamorphism be shock has homogeneity of olivine and low Ca pyroxene has chondrule abundance has part chondrule has structural state of low Ca pyroxene has peak temperature has plagioclase shock metamorphism has orthopyroxene shock metamorphism has parent body has part matrix has matrix abundance has petrologic type range has part carbon is a kind of has part water has shock pressure has chondrule mean diameter
S5 shock stage meteorite   strongly shocked  S5                   shocked meteorite 45 to 55 GPa 
shocked chondriteagglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historiesin volume %in weight %from unshocked to whole rock meltedoldest and most primitive rock in solar systemin volume %from unshocked S1 to shock meltedusually plagioclase tectosilicatein weight %providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroidorthopyroxene for enstatite chondritethe nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alterationvisual characteristics of single crystals in polarizing microscopebefore, during or after other types of metamorphismdefinition goes herein volume %small sphere of about 1 mm diameter of formerly melted mineralsdefinition goes hereless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidificationvisual characteristics of single crystals in polarizing microscopevisual characteristics of single crystals in polarizing microscopeasteroid smaller than 100 km in diameterfine grained disequilibrium mixture of silicates, oxides, metal, sulfides and organic constituentsin volume %which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphismin weight %shocked meteoritein weight %the equilibration peak shock pressure in GPa (gigapascals) for ordinary chondrites onlymillimeters
S5 shock stage chondriteagglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historiesin volume %in weight %strongly shockedoldest and most primitive rock in solar systemin volume %S5usually plagioclase tectosilicatein weight %providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroidorthopyroxene for enstatite chondritethe nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alterationstrong mosaicism, planar fractures, planar deformation featuresbefore, during or after other types of metamorphismdefinition goes herein volume %small sphere of about 1 mm diameter of formerly melted mineralsdefinition goes hereless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidificationmaskelynite transformationstrong mosaicism, planar fracturesasteroid smaller than 100 km in diameterfine grained disequilibrium mixture of silicates, oxides, metal, sulfides and organic constituentsin volume %which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphismin weight %S5 shock stage meteoritein weight %45 to 55 GPamillimeters

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