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martian meteorite comparison table

Subject	has genesi	have	be an acronym for	is a kind of	has property	has solidification mechanism	has solidification timescale	has composition
ALH 84001 meteorite	fractional crystallization	prototype ALH 84001 meteorite		orthopyroxenite	formed by separation of molten rock in a gravity field	cooling in deep underground chambers	very slow	orthopyroxene
SNC meteorite			Shergottite, Nakhilite, Chassignite	martian meteorite				silicates (with very few exceptions)

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