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highly reduced meteorite comparison table

Subject has sediment mechanism has oxidized iron content has metal abundance has part mean Ni content of sulfide has minerology has age has refractory inclusion abundance has distinguishing feature has part feldspar has part metal maximum bulk has likely origin has solidification mechanism has chondrule glass type has homogeneity of olivine and low Ca pyroxene has letter designation has chondrule abundance has part chondrule has total mass of find has structural state of low Ca pyroxene has peak temperature has parent body has part matrix has matrix abundance has petrologic type range has part carbon has characteristic mineral has part water has number of find has origin has solidification timescale has synonym has chondrule mean diameter has petrology

aubrite enstatite, forsterite, sodic plagioclase, metal, numerous sulfides no chondrules melted and crystallized residues from partial melting AUB 1205 kg enstatite 9 asteroid breccias of igneous lithologies

enstatite chondrite agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories zero in volume % in weight % oldest and most primitive rock in solar system in volume % usually plagioclase tectosilicate in weight % definition goes here in volume % small sphere of about 1 mm diameter of formerly melted minerals 234 kg definition goes here less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter fine grained disequilibrium mixture of silicates, oxides, metal, sulfides and organic constituents in volume % which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism in weight % 0 % by weight (approximately) 16 meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal E chondrite millimeters

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Subject	has sediment mechanism	has oxidized iron content	has metal abundance	has part mean Ni content of sulfide	has minerology	has age	has refractory inclusion abundance	has distinguishing feature	has part feldspar	has part metal maximum bulk	has likely origin	has solidification mechanism	has chondrule glass type	has homogeneity of olivine and low Ca pyroxene	has letter designation	has chondrule abundance	has part chondrule	has total mass of find	has structural state of low Ca pyroxene	has peak temperature	has parent body	has part matrix	has matrix abundance	has petrologic type range	has part carbon	has characteristic mineral	has part water	has number of find	has origin	has solidification timescale	has synonym	has chondrule mean diameter	has petrology
aubrite					enstatite, forsterite, sodic plagioclase, metal, numerous sulfides			no chondrules			melted and crystallized residues from partial melting				AUB			1205 kg								enstatite		9	asteroid				breccias of igneous lithologies
enstatite chondrite	agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories	zero	in volume %	in weight %		oldest and most primitive rock in solar system	in volume %		usually plagioclase tectosilicate	in weight %				definition goes here		in volume %	small sphere of about 1 mm diameter of formerly melted minerals	234 kg	definition goes here	less than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification	asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter	fine grained disequilibrium mixture of silicates, oxides, metal, sulfides and organic constituents	in volume %	which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism	in weight %		0 % by weight (approximately)	16	meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal		E chondrite	millimeters