Meteorites   View all facts   Glossary   Help

rock > metamorphic rock > altered chondrite > thermally altered chondrite > type 4 chondrite > L4 chondrite > Saratov

Saratov
subject			fact

Saratov	has image
	has name Saratov
	is an instance of L4 chondrite
	has fall date September 6, 1918, 1800 hrs
	has fall location Near Donguz, Penza, Russia
	has original mass greater than 328 kg
L4 chondrite	has total mass of finds 1197 kg
	has number of finds 21
L chondrite	has synonym hypersthene chondrite
	has chondrule abundance 60 to 80 % by volume
	has matrix abundance 10 to 15 % by volume
	has refractory inclusion abundance 0.1 to 1 % by volume
	has metal abundance 5 % by volume
	has chondrule mean diameter 0.7 millimeters
	has total iron content low
	has metal iron content 5 to 10 %
	has iron metal and iron sulfide 50 % of total iron
type 4 chondrite	has petrologic type 4
	has degree of thermal metamorphism weak
	has olivine and low Ca pyroxene homogeneity less than 5 % mean deviations
	has structural state of low Ca pyroxene greater than 20 % monoclinic
	has chondrule glass type devitrified, absent
	has part feldspar secondary, grains than 2 microns
	has part maximum bulk Ni in metal greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship
	has part sulfide Ni content less than 0.5 % by weight
	has part matrix transparent, recrystallized, small crystals
	has part chondrule chondrules well defined
	has part carbon less than 0.2 % by weight
	has part water less than 1.5 % by weight
ordinary chondrite	has abundance most common chondrite observed from falls
thermally altered chondrite	has metamorphism mechanism thermal metamorphism
	has alteration temperature range the range over at which the alteration took place
altered chondrite	has degree of secondary processing providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid
chondrite	has petrologic type range which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism
	has relative abundance 85.7 % of meteorite falls
	has homogeneity of olivine and low Ca pyroxene definition goes here
	has part metal maximum bulk in weight %
	has part mean Ni content of sulfides in weight %
stony meteorite	has weather resistance low
	has fragmentation probability high because it is more friable than iron meteorite
	has ablative mass loss high because it is more friable than iron meteorite
undifferentiated meteorite	has peak temperature less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification
	has parent body asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter
	has age oldest and most primitive rock in solar system
rock	has part mineral
	has texture
	has genesis
meteorite	has fall coordinates in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude
	has fall map which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity
	can have crater image
	has composition often minerals not found on Earth
	has impact velocity when it hits the ground which is smaller than its velocity before it enters the atmosphere
	has impact angle
	has monetary value large if the fall was witnessed
	often produce power outages and failures in electrical equipment due to EMP (electromagnetic pulse)
	can be associated with crater
	has origin meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal
	vaporizes completely if size is between 3 micrometers and 3 millimeters
	can survive fall if size is larger than 3 mm and velocity is less than 24 km per second
	can survive fall if it fragments because smaller pieces with less mass are more easily slowed by the atmosphere
	can shatter during impact phase
	can fragment during meteor phase
conglomerate	has sediment mechanism agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories

Next L4 chondrite: Bluff (b)    Up: L4 chondrite    Previous L4 chondrite: Okechobee