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baddeleyite
subject			fact

baddeleyite	is an instance of meteorite mineral formed by shock
	can have progenitor mineral zircon when produced by shock metamorphism
	can be produced by mechanism shock induced thermal decomposition at very high temperature (1680 Celsius) and low pressure (i.e atmospheric)
	is an instance of martian meteorite mineral
martian meteorite mineral	has genesis created on Mars if found in martian meteorite
meteorite mineral	is one of 295 minerals found to occur in meteorites
mineral	has color
	has alteration mineral