mesosiderite Comparison Table

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mesosiderite comparison table

Subject has minerology has likely origin has formation cooling rate parent body radiu has letter designation has total mass of find has composition is a kind of has number of find has petrology

stony iron meteorite 9064 kg silicates (with very few exceptions) metal-rich meteorite 59

mesosiderite orthopyroxene, olivine, chromite, pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silica, phosphates impact melted crustal igneous lithologies 0.5 degrees C per million years 206 kilometers MES 1632 kg metallic iron plus basaltic, gabbroic and orthopyroxenic silicates stony iron meteorite 20 breccias of igneous lithologies, impact melts

Subject	has minerology	has likely origin	has formation cooling rate	parent body radiu	has letter designation	has total mass of find	has composition	is a kind of	has number of find	has petrology
stony iron meteorite						9064 kg	silicates (with very few exceptions)	metal-rich meteorite	59
mesosiderite	orthopyroxene, olivine, chromite, pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silica, phosphates	impact melted crustal igneous lithologies	0.5 degrees C per million years	206 kilometers	MES	1632 kg	metallic iron plus basaltic, gabbroic and orthopyroxenic silicates	stony iron meteorite	20	breccias of igneous lithologies, impact melts

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