| Subject |
has solidification mechanism |
has genesi |
has letter designation |
has prototype |
has characteristic mineral |
has composition |
is a kind of |
has property |
has solidification timescale |
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| chassignite | cooling in deep underground chambers | fractional crystallization | ACANOM | Chassigny meteorite | olivine | olivine | dunnite | formed by separation of molten rock in a gravity field | very slow |
| nakhilite | cooling in deep underground chambers | fractional crystallization | ACANOM | Nakhla meteorite | diopside-olivine | cumulus-augite-bearing proxenite | clinopyroxenite | formed by separation of molten rock in a gravity field | very slow |
| shergottite | | | AEUC | | | silicates (with very few exceptions) | SNC meteorite | | |
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