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depleted basalt comparison table
Subject has name fragment has impact velocity has origin shatter has number of find be associated with has fall date has genesi be an acronym for is a kind of has fall map has weather resistance has property has fall coordinate has fragmentation probability produce has letter designation has monetary value has distinguishing feature has solidification mechanism has total mass of find has texture have crater image has fall location survive fall if has impact angle has solidification timescale has part mineral vaporize completely if has original mass has relative abundance has composition has ablative mass loss
depleted basalt shergottitebased on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurredduring meteor phasewhen it hits the ground which is smaller than its velocity before it enters the atmosphereMarsduring impact phase70craterrecorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods Shergottite, Nakhilite, Chassignitedepleted basaltwhich appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitylowformed by separation of molten rock in a gravity fieldin degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudehigh because it is more friable than iron meteoritepower outages and failures in electrical equipment due to EMP (electromagnetic pulse)AEUClarge if the fall was witnessedno chondrulesextrusion onto the surface of the planet or asteroid via a volcanic eruption1606 kg  strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityit fragments because smaller pieces with less mass are more easily slowed by the atmosphere very rapid size is between 3 micrometers and 3 millimeterswhich can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site7.1 % of meteorite fallsdepleted by gravitational separationhigh because it is more friable than iron meteorite

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