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iron meteorite fusion crust comparison table

Subject	has color	has weather resistance	has texture	has extent	has definition	is part of	has composition	has thickness	has part	be different	is a kind of
iron meteorite characteristic											meteorite characteristic
meteorite fusion crust	black except for rare iron-poor meteorites			directly proportional to the initial velocity of a meteoroid	melted glassy exterior of meteorite that forms by ablation during meteor phase	meteorite		varies from front to rear on oriented meteorites, thicker in the rear since ablated material accumulates toward the rear	striations due to flow of ablated material during meteor phase especially on oriented meteorites	from interior of meteorite	meteorite characteristic
iron meteorite fusion crust	blue-black to black	very low	resembling freshly welded steel	directly proportional to the initial velocity of a meteoroid			magnetite (iron oxide)	small fraction of a millimeter		from interior of meteorite	iron meteorite characteristic

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