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low shock ureilite comparison table
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ALHA 77257   Goodrich et al. (1987b), Goodrich and Berkley (1986), Berkley and Jones (1982)lowS2-S3meteorite find strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitybased on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurredFo% 85can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grainslower because the fall was not witnessed485755 kg carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volumein degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude when the meteorite was found   meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal1691less than 20 GPa 0 %Wo% 6.8 En% 80curved meeting in triple junctions1 mm0.16 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) 
ALHA 78262   Goodrich et al. (1987b), Goodrich and Berkley (1986), Berkley and Jones (1982)lowS2-S3meteorite find strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitybased on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurredFo% 78can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grainslower because the fall was not witnessed485755 kg carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volumein degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude when the meteorite was found   meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal1691less than 20 GPa 0 %Wo% 8.4 En% 72curved meeting in triple junctions1 mm  
Asuka 881931   Yanai and Kojima (1995b)lowS2-S3meteorite find strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitybased on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurredFo% 76can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grainslower because the fall was not witnessed485755 kg carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volumein degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude when the meteorite was found   meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal1691less than 20 GPa 0 %Wo% 8.8 En% 73curved meeting in triple junctions1 mm  
DaG 319    unshockedS1S1 shock stage meteorite Dar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara DesertDaG 319 can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agentsW2DaG lower because the fall was not witnessed9 kg (out of date)bre - chiasmaller mineral fragments, carbon, suessite (Fe3Si), sulfides, minor chromite and minor apatite27° 01.68' N., 16° 21.52' E. 19970.740 kg
 meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal6 (out of date)less than 5 GPatypical monomict ureilite material plus a variety of other lithic clastscommon in clasts     
EET 87511EET 87717 meteorite  Berkley (1990), AMN 11-2lowS2-S3meteorite findWo% 4.5 En% 82strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitybased on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurredFo% 85can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  bi-modal with extremely large 15mm crystals of low-Ca pyroxene poikilitically enclosing domains with ureilite texturelower because the fall was not witnessed485755 kg carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volumein degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude when the meteorite was found  Wo% 36 En% 55meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal1691less than 20 GPa       
EET 87517   AMN 11-2lowS2-S3meteorite find strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitybased on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurredFo% 92can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grainslower because the fall was not witnessed485755 kg carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volumein degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude when the meteorite was found   meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal1691less than 20 GPa 0 %Wo% 5.0 En% 87curved meeting in triple junctions1 mm0.5 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) 
LEW 85328   AMN 10-1lowS2-S3meteorite find strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitybased on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurredFo% 80can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grainslower because the fall was not witnessed485755 kg carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volumein degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude when the meteorite was found   meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal1691less than 20 GPa 0 %Wo% 9.0 En% 74curved meeting in triple junctions1 mm0.33 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) 
LEW 88006   AMN 13-2lowS2-S3meteorite find strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitybased on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurredFo% 82can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grainslower because the fall was not witnessed485755 kg carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volumein degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude when the meteorite was found   meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal1691less than 20 GPa 0 %Wo% 8.0 En% 76curved meeting in triple junctions1 mm  
monomict-poikilitic ureilite small rounded pyroxene grains (poikilitic)  lowS2-S3  strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitybased on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred    large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains 9 kg (out of date) carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volumein degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudelow shock ureilite    asteroid6 (out of date)less than 20 GPa 0 % curved meeting in triple junctions1 mm small rounded olivine grains (poikilitic)
Roosevelt County 027   Goodrich et al. (1987a)lowS2-S3meteorite find strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitybased on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurredFo% 79can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grainslower because the fall was not witnessed485755 kg carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volumein degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude when the meteorite was found   meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal1691less than 20 GPa 0 %Wo% 8.0 En% 75curved meeting in triple junctions1 mm0.25 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) 
Y-74659   Takeda et al. (1979a), Takeda (1987), Takeda and Yanai (1978)lowS2-S3meteorite findWo% 4.5 En% 88strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitybased on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurredFo% 91can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grainslower because the fall was not witnessed485755 kg carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volumein degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude when the meteorite was found   meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal1691less than 20 GPa 0 %Wo% 7.3 En% 86curved meeting in triple junctions1 mm0.52 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) 
Y-791538   Yanai and Kojima (1995b), Takeda et al. (1992), Takeda (1989)lowS2-S3meteorite findWo% 4.9 En% 88strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitybased on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurredFo% 91can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grainslower because the fall was not witnessed485755 kg carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volumein degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude when the meteorite was found   meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal1691less than 20 GPa 0 %Wo% 9.0 En% 84curved meeting in triple junctions1 mm0.45 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) 
Y-82100   Yanai and Kojima (1995b)lowS2-S3meteorite find strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitybased on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurredFo% 81can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grainslower because the fall was not witnessed485755 kg carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volumein degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude when the meteorite was found   meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal1691less than 20 GPa 0 %Wo% 8.6 En% 77curved meeting in triple junctions1 mm0.2 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) 
Y-8448   Yanai and Kojima (1995b)lowS2-S3meteorite find strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitybased on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurredFo% 78can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grainslower because the fall was not witnessed485755 kg carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volumein degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude when the meteorite was found   meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal1691less than 20 GPa 0 %variablecurved meeting in triple junctions1 mm  

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