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martian meteorite mineral comparison table

Subject	has chemical composition	has location	be produced by mechanism	has alteration mineral	be produced by mechanism	is a kind of	have chemical composition	is an instance of	has metastable polymorph	has definition	have progenitor	have color	has abundance in iron meteorite
augite	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]			pyroxene and amphibole coronas or concentric rings surrounding original olivine crystals in basic igneous rocks		calcium rich olivine		martian meteorite mineral	ringwoodite
baddeleyite					shock induced thermal decomposition at very high temperature (1680 Celsius) and low pressure (i.e atmospheric)			martian meteorite mineral
biotite								martian meteorite mineral
calcite					weathering in Earth's atmosphere when produced in iron meteorite			stony meteorite mineral from weathered oldhamite			oldhamite when it occurs in stony meteorites
chalcopyrite					weathering in Earth's atmosphere when produced in iron meteorite			common minor iron meteorite mineral					common minor mineral
chlorapatite								martian meteorite mineral
chromite								common minor iron meteorite mineral					common minor mineral
fayalite	Fe2SiO4			pyroxene and amphibole coronas or concentric rings surrounding original olivine crystals in basic igneous rocks				martian meteorite mineral	ringwoodite
ferrihydrite								martian meteorite mineral
ferroaugite								martian meteorite mineral
fluoro-chlorapatite								martian meteorite mineral
gypsum					weathering on Earth or during atmospheric entry			terrestrially weathered meteorite mineral
halite								martian meteorite mineral
hercynite								martian meteorite mineral
hydroxyapatite								martian meteorite mineral
illite					weathering on Earth or during atmospheric entry			terrestrially weathered meteorite mineral
ilmenite								martian meteorite mineral
kaersutite								martian meteorite mineral
magnetite		meteorite fusion crust	oxidation during atmospheric passage of meteorite when it occurs in meteorite fusion crust		oxidation by air, water and chlorine in Earth's atmosphere when produced in iron meteorite			iron meteorite mineral from iron oxidation
marcasite								martian meteorite mineral
Mg-carbonate								martian meteorite mineral
Mg-sulfate								martian meteorite mineral
olivine				pyroxene and amphibole coronas or concentric rings surrounding original olivine crystals in basic igneous rocks		stable mineral		martian meteorite mineral	ringwoodite
orthopyroxene								martian meteorite mineral	majorite
pentlandite					weathering in Earth's atmosphere when produced in iron meteorite			very rare iron meteorite mineral					very rare only found in one or a few meteorites
pigeonite								martian meteorite mineral
plagioclase						martian meteorite mineral
pyrite					weathering on Earth or during atmospheric entry			terrestrially weathered meteorite mineral
pyrrhotite								martian meteorite mineral
quartz					weathering on Earth or during atmospheric entry			terrestrially weathered meteorite mineral	coesite
rhodochrosite								martian meteorite mineral
rutile								martian meteorite mineral
sanidine								martian meteorite mineral
siderite					weathering in Earth's atmosphere when produced in iron meteorite			terrestrially weathered iron meteorite mineral
smectite								martian meteorite mineral
sphalerite					weathering on Earth or during atmospheric entry			rare iron meteorite mineral					rare
Ti-magnetite								martian meteorite mineral
troilite						sulfide	FeS similar to pyrrhotite	ubiquitous iron meteorite mineral		iron sufide common to many types of meteorites and in lunar rocks		brass	ubiquitous
whitlockite								martian meteorite mineral

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