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| lonsdaleite | ||||
| subject | fact | |||
| lonsdaleite | is an instance of metastable mineral |  |
| has stable polymorph graphite | | |
| is an instance of meteorite mineral formed by shock | | |
| can have progenitor mineral graphite when produced by shock metamorphism | | |
| is produced by mechanism shock exceeding 13 GPa on the meteorite parent bodies not during collison with Earth | | |
| is an instance of presolar mineral | | |
| is an instance of very rare iron meteorite mineral | | |
| is an instance of mineral not present on Earth | | |
| metastable mineral | has decay time | |
| meteorite mineral formed by shock | can be produced by mechanism shock | |
| presolar mineral | has genesis before our solar system was formed if found in meteorite and appears as an interstellar grain inclusion | |
| very rare iron meteorite mineral | has abundance in iron meteorites very rare only found in one or a few meteorites | |
| polymorphic mineral | has polymorph | |
| meteorite mineral | is one of 295 minerals found to occur in meteorites | |
| mineral | has color | |
| has alteration mineral | | |
| is one of 4000 well-characterized minerals | |
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