breccia Comparison Table

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breccia comparison table

Subject has weather resistance has metal abundance has part mean Ni content of sulfide has degree of shock metamorphism has age fragment has refractory inclusion abundance has shock stage survive fall if vaporize completely if has part feldspar has fragmentation probability has part metal maximum bulk be associated with has fall location has fall date has impact angle has metamorphism mechanism has degree of secondary process has name has shock diagnostic mineral is independent of has olivine shock metamorphism has chondrule glass type be shock has homogeneity of olivine and low Ca pyroxene has chondrule abundance has relative abundance shatter has part chondrule has total mass of find has structural state of low Ca pyroxene has peak temperature has impact velocity has plagioclase shock metamorphism has orthopyroxene shock metamorphism has parent body has part matrix has fall coordinate has matrix abundance has petrologic type range has part carbon has composition has monetary value has original mass has part water has origin has number of find has ablative mass loss produce has shock pressure has chondrule mean diameter have crater image has fall map

brecciated chondrite which depends on its composition in volume % in weight % from unshocked to whole rock melted oldest and most primitive rock in solar system during meteor phase in volume % from unshocked S1 to shock melted it fragments because smaller pieces with less mass are more easily slowed by the atmosphere size is between 3 micrometers and 3 millimeters usually plagioclase tectosilicate during meteor phase which depends on composition in weight % crater strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods shock metamorphism providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration visual characteristics of single crystals in polarizing microscope before, during or after other types of metamorphism definition goes here in volume % during impact phase small sphere of about 1 mm diameter of formerly melted minerals 485755 kg definition goes here less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification when it hits the ground which is smaller than its velocity before it enters the atmosphere visual characteristics of single crystals in polarizing microscope visual characteristics of single crystals in polarizing microscope asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter fine grained disequilibrium mixture of silicates, oxides, metal, sulfides and organic constituents in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude in volume % which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism in weight % often minerals not found on Earth large if the fall was witnessed which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site in weight % meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal 1691 directly proportional to initial velocity power outages and failures in electrical equipment due to EMP (electromagnetic pulse) the equilibration peak shock pressure in GPa (gigapascals) for ordinary chondrites only millimeters which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity

fragmental breccia

granulitic breccia

impact melt breccia

monomict breccia

polymict breccia

primitive breccia

regolith agglomerates

regolith breccia

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Subject	has weather resistance	has metal abundance	has part mean Ni content of sulfide	has degree of shock metamorphism	has age	fragment	has refractory inclusion abundance	has shock stage	survive fall if	vaporize completely if	has part feldspar	has fragmentation probability	has part metal maximum bulk	be associated with	has fall location	has fall date	has impact angle	has metamorphism mechanism	has degree of secondary process	has name	has shock diagnostic mineral	is independent of	has olivine shock metamorphism	has chondrule glass type	be shock	has homogeneity of olivine and low Ca pyroxene	has chondrule abundance	has relative abundance	shatter	has part chondrule	has total mass of find	has structural state of low Ca pyroxene	has peak temperature	has impact velocity	has plagioclase shock metamorphism	has orthopyroxene shock metamorphism	has parent body	has part matrix	has fall coordinate	has matrix abundance	has petrologic type range	has part carbon	has composition	has monetary value	has original mass	has part water	has origin	has number of find	has ablative mass loss	produce	has shock pressure	has chondrule mean diameter	have crater image	has fall map
brecciated chondrite	which depends on its composition	in volume %	in weight %	from unshocked to whole rock melted	oldest and most primitive rock in solar system	during meteor phase	in volume %	from unshocked S1 to shock melted	it fragments because smaller pieces with less mass are more easily slowed by the atmosphere	size is between 3 micrometers and 3 millimeters	usually plagioclase tectosilicate	during meteor phase which depends on composition	in weight %	crater	strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods		shock metamorphism	providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid	based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred	orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite	the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration	visual characteristics of single crystals in polarizing microscope		before, during or after other types of metamorphism	definition goes here	in volume %		during impact phase	small sphere of about 1 mm diameter of formerly melted minerals	485755 kg	definition goes here	less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification	when it hits the ground which is smaller than its velocity before it enters the atmosphere	visual characteristics of single crystals in polarizing microscope	visual characteristics of single crystals in polarizing microscope	asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter	fine grained disequilibrium mixture of silicates, oxides, metal, sulfides and organic constituents	in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude	in volume %	which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism	in weight %	often minerals not found on Earth	large if the fall was witnessed	which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site	in weight %	meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal	1691	directly proportional to initial velocity	power outages and failures in electrical equipment due to EMP (electromagnetic pulse)	the equilibration peak shock pressure in GPa (gigapascals) for ordinary chondrites only	millimeters		which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity
fragmental breccia
granulitic breccia
impact melt breccia
monomict breccia
polymict breccia
primitive breccia
regolith agglomerates
regolith breccia