| Subject |
has structural class |
has distinguishing feature |
has formation cooling rate |
parent body radiu |
has crystal size |
has total mass of find |
has composition |
has number of find |
has origin |
has definition |
has structural classe |
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| magmatic iron meteorite | | | | | | 454624 kg | silicates (with very few exceptions) | 532 | planet or asteroid much larger than 100 km in diameter | | |
| nonmagmatic iron meteorite | | | | | | 454624 kg | silicates (with very few exceptions) | 532 | planet or asteroid much larger than 100 km in diameter | | |
| structural iron meteorite | defined by crystal size | crystalline iron-nickel alloy | | | also called Widmanstatten bandwidth | 454624 kg | silicates (with very few exceptions) | 532 | planet or asteroid much larger than 100 km in diameter | a iron meteorite containing visible crystals of iron-nickel alloy | |
| type I iron meteorite | | | | | | 94688 kg | kamacite, taenite, silicates, carbides | 69 | planet or asteroid much larger than 100 km in diameter | | Om-Og octahedrite |
| type IIICD iron meteorite | Of, Off-D octahedrite, ataxite | | 10 degrees C per million years | 51 kilometers | | 199 kg | kamacite, taenite, carbides | 11 | asteroid wide partial melting | | |
| ungrouped iron meteorite | | | | | | 32287 kg | silicates (with very few exceptions) | 52 | planet or asteroid much larger than 100 km in diameter | | |
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