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meteorite characteristic

meteorite characteristic
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meteorite characteristic

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Kinds of meteorite characteristic :

• iron meteorite characteristic (3 kinds)
• magnetism
• meteorite fusion crust (4 kinds, 11 facts) - melted glassy exterior of meteorite that forms by ablation during meteor phase
• piezoglypt (2 facts) - pit on meteorite surface
• stone meteorite characteristic (1 kind)
• Widmanstatten figure (7 facts) - intergrowth of kamacite plates bordered by taenite on octahedral faces of octahedrite meteorites (exsolution lamellae)