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igneous rock comparison table

Subject has name fragment has impact velocity has origin shatter has number of find has shade be associated with has fall date has genesi is a kind of has fall map has property has weather resistance has fall coordinate has color index has fragmentation probability produce has monetary value 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 definition vaporize completely if has original mass has relative abundance has ablative mass loss

allotriomorphic rock igneous rock approximately equant anhedral grains a rock with texture characterized by approximately equant anhedral grains

differentiated meteorite based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred during meteor phase when it hits the ground which is smaller than its velocity before it enters the atmosphere planet or asteroid much larger than 100 km in diameter during impact phase 1691 crater recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods igneous rock which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity which depends on its composition in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude during meteor phase which depends on composition power outages and failures in electrical equipment due to EMP (electromagnetic pulse) large if the fall was witnessed 485755 kg strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity it fragments because smaller pieces with less mass are more easily slowed by the atmosphere size is between 3 micrometers and 3 millimeters which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site directly proportional to initial velocity

fractional crystallized rock fractional crystallization gravitationally separated rock formed by separation of molten rock in a gravity field a rock produced by differentiation in which part of the magma is crystallized and separated from further reaction with remaining liquid

hypabyssal rock igneous rock extrusion into an undeground dike or sill near the surface rapid

hyperleucocratic rock very light igneous rock 10 or less very light colored rock with color index of 10 or less

hypermelanocratic rock very dark igneous rock 90 or greater very dark colored rock with color index greater than 90

leucocratic rock light igneous rock 11 to 50 light-colored rock with color index between 11 and 50

melanocratic rock dark igneous rock 50 to 89 dark-colored rock with color index between 50 and 89

plutonic rock igneous rock cooling in deep underground chambers very slow cooling of magma in the interior of a planet or asteroid

volcanic rock igneous rock extrusion onto the surface of the planet or asteroid via a volcanic eruption very rapid

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Subject	has name	fragment	has impact velocity	has origin	shatter	has number of find	has shade	be associated with	has fall date	has genesi	is a kind of	has fall map	has property	has weather resistance	has fall coordinate	has color index	has fragmentation probability	produce	has monetary value	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 definition	vaporize completely if	has original mass	has relative abundance	has ablative mass loss
allotriomorphic rock											igneous rock											approximately equant anhedral grains						a rock with texture characterized by approximately equant anhedral grains
differentiated meteorite	based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred	during meteor phase	when it hits the ground which is smaller than its velocity before it enters the atmosphere	planet or asteroid much larger than 100 km in diameter	during impact phase	1691		crater	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods		igneous rock	which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity		which depends on its composition	in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude		during meteor phase which depends on composition	power outages and failures in electrical equipment due to EMP (electromagnetic pulse)	large if the fall was witnessed		485755 kg			strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity	it fragments because smaller pieces with less mass are more easily slowed by the atmosphere				size is between 3 micrometers and 3 millimeters	which can over an order of magnitude greater than total mass of fragment(s) collected at the impact site		directly proportional to initial velocity
fractional crystallized rock										fractional crystallization	gravitationally separated rock		formed by separation of molten rock in a gravity field															a rock produced by differentiation in which part of the magma is crystallized and separated from further reaction with remaining liquid
hypabyssal rock											igneous rock									extrusion into an undeground dike or sill near the surface							rapid
hyperleucocratic rock							very light				igneous rock					10 or less												very light colored rock with color index of 10 or less
hypermelanocratic rock							very dark				igneous rock					90 or greater												very dark colored rock with color index greater than 90
leucocratic rock							light				igneous rock					11 to 50												light-colored rock with color index between 11 and 50
melanocratic rock							dark				igneous rock					50 to 89												dark-colored rock with color index between 50 and 89
plutonic rock											igneous rock									cooling in deep underground chambers							very slow	cooling of magma in the interior of a planet or asteroid
volcanic rock											igneous rock									extrusion onto the surface of the planet or asteroid via a volcanic eruption							very rapid