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UK 43 comparison table

Subject has sediment mechanism has weather resistance has metal abundance has part mean Ni content of sulfide has number of fragment has age has refractory inclusion abundance is an instance of has distinguishing feature has olivine and low Ca pyroxene homogeneity has part feldspar has fragmentation probability has part metal maximum bulk has distribution ellipse has fall location has chondrule glass type has weather has homogeneity of olivine and low Ca pyroxene has acronym has chondrule abundance has relative abundance has part chondrule has abundance has prototype has degree of aqueous alteration has value has total mass of find has structural state of low Ca pyroxene has peak temperature has part matrix has parent body has degree of thermal metamorphism has matrix abundance has petrologic type range has part carbon has petrologic type has part maximum bulk Ni in metal is a kind of has find date has part water has mass has image has number of find has ablative mass loss classified by has chondrule mean diameter has part sulfide Ni content

CO chondrite agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories low 1 to 5 % by volume in weight % oldest and most primitive rock in solar system 13 % by volume elemental carbon greater than 5 % deviations minor primary grains only high because it is more friable than iron meteorite in weight % strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity clear, isotropic, variable abundance definition goes here 48 % by volume 8 % of meteorite falls chondrules very sharply defined rare relative to other chondrite types Ornans meteorite none 2577 kg predominantly monoclinic less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification clastic and minor opaque asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter none 34 % by volume which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism 0.2 to 1 % by weight 3 greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship type 3 chondrite 0.3 to 3 % by weight 36 high because it is more friable than iron meteorite 0.15 millimeters less than 0.5 % by weight

Dar al Gani meteorite which depends on its composition during meteor phase which depends on composition Dar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara Desert can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents DaG lower because the fall was not witnessed 485755 kg Sahara meteorite when the meteorite was found 1691 directly proportional to initial velocity

UK 43 agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories which depends on its composition 1 to 5 % by volume in weight % 2000 or more oldest and most primitive rock in solar system 13 % by volume CO chondrite elemental carbon greater than 5 % deviations minor primary grains only during meteor phase which depends on composition in weight %
Dar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara Desert clear, isotropic, variable abundance can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents definition goes here DaG 48 % by volume 8 % of meteorite falls chondrules very sharply defined rare relative to other chondrite types Ornans meteorite none lower because the fall was not witnessed 2577 kg predominantly monoclinic less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification clastic and minor opaque asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter none 34 % by volume which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism 0.2 to 1 % by weight 3 greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship 1999 0.3 to 3 % by weight 177 kg
36 directly proportional to initial velocity Open University, UK. Meteoritical Bulletin No 84 0.15 millimeters less than 0.5 % by weight

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Subject	has sediment mechanism	has weather resistance	has metal abundance	has part mean Ni content of sulfide	has number of fragment	has age	has refractory inclusion abundance	is an instance of	has distinguishing feature	has olivine and low Ca pyroxene homogeneity	has part feldspar	has fragmentation probability	has part metal maximum bulk	has distribution ellipse	has fall location	has chondrule glass type	has weather	has homogeneity of olivine and low Ca pyroxene	has acronym	has chondrule abundance	has relative abundance	has part chondrule	has abundance	has prototype	has degree of aqueous alteration	has value	has total mass of find	has structural state of low Ca pyroxene	has peak temperature	has part matrix	has parent body	has degree of thermal metamorphism	has matrix abundance	has petrologic type range	has part carbon	has petrologic type	has part maximum bulk Ni in metal	is a kind of	has find date	has part water	has mass	has image	has number of find	has ablative mass loss	classified by	has chondrule mean diameter	has part sulfide Ni content
CO chondrite	agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories	low	1 to 5 % by volume	in weight %		oldest and most primitive rock in solar system	13 % by volume		elemental carbon	greater than 5 % deviations	minor primary grains only	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	in weight %		strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity	clear, isotropic, variable abundance		definition goes here		48 % by volume	8 % of meteorite falls	chondrules very sharply defined	rare relative to other chondrite types	Ornans meteorite	none		2577 kg	predominantly monoclinic	less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification	clastic and minor opaque	asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter	none	34 % by volume	which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism	0.2 to 1 % by weight	3	greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship	type 3 chondrite		0.3 to 3 % by weight			36	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite		0.15 millimeters	less than 0.5 % by weight
Dar al Gani meteorite		which depends on its composition										during meteor phase which depends on composition			Dar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara Desert		can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents		DaG							lower because the fall was not witnessed	485755 kg											Sahara meteorite	when the meteorite was found				1691	directly proportional to initial velocity
UK 43	agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories	which depends on its composition	1 to 5 % by volume	in weight %	2000 or more	oldest and most primitive rock in solar system	13 % by volume	CO chondrite	elemental carbon	greater than 5 % deviations	minor primary grains only	during meteor phase which depends on composition	in weight %		Dar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara Desert	clear, isotropic, variable abundance	can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents	definition goes here	DaG	48 % by volume	8 % of meteorite falls	chondrules very sharply defined	rare relative to other chondrite types	Ornans meteorite	none	lower because the fall was not witnessed	2577 kg	predominantly monoclinic	less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification	clastic and minor opaque	asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter	none	34 % by volume	which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism	0.2 to 1 % by weight	3	greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship		1999	0.3 to 3 % by weight	177 kg		36	directly proportional to initial velocity	Open University, UK. Meteoritical Bulletin No 84	0.15 millimeters	less than 0.5 % by weight