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Abbott   Abbottclastic and minor opaque      in weight %   0.1 to 1 % by volumewhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism  oldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification  nonehigh   3chondrules very sharply definedoften minerals not found on Earth minor primary grains only   bronzite chondrite9.5 kg0.3 millimetersmeteorite find         polymict regolith breccia  10 % by volume can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agentsmost common chondrite observed from falls    agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historiesclear, isotropic, variable abundance   10 to 15 % by volume    9 greater than 5 % deviations  nonedefinition goes here in weight % 0.2 to 1 % by weight Colfax County, New Mexico  
75 % of total iron greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship   36° 18' N., 104° 17' W.   12 to 21 %  which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityless than 0.5 % by weight 349 kg           1951 asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter60 to 80 % by volume 0.3 to 3 % by weight   predominantly monoclinic
Acfer 182   Acfer 182clastic and minor opaque      in weight %   0.1 % by volumewhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism  oldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidificationelemental carbon none    3chondrules very sharply definedoften minerals not found on Earth minor primary grains onlyALH 85085 meteorite    0.02 millimetersmeteorite find low          20 % by volume can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agentsrare relative to other chondrite types    agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historiesclear, isotropic, variable abundance   5 % by volume    1691 greater than 5 % deviations  nonedefinition goes here in weight % 0.2 to 1 % by weight Algerian Sahara Desert  
  greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship   27° 41.40' N., 4° 22.72' E.      which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityless than 0.5 % by weight 485755 kg           1991 asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameterabout 70 % by volume 0.3 to 3 % by weight   predominantly monoclinic
Acfer 277   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S4-S6  0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   from 20 GPa to 100 GPa    meteorite find  may be cloudy due to glassy inclusions    0.55, 0.33 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)   large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) sub-grain boundaries may be prominent   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitymedium      Fo% 79 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg shock metamorphism diamonds and/or lonsdaleite  Baba et al (1993), Bland et al. (1992)curved meeting in triple junctions   when the meteorite was found     greater extent of fracturing, undulatory extinction, and kink banding Wo% 9.6 En% 73 
Albin   Albin  0.3 to 2.8 % by volume           2.5 to 4 degrees C per million years  mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic mineralsup to 37 mm diamteter    78 to 97 kilometers  metallic iron plus olivine; core/mantle boundary samplesheterogeneous elements are zoned between grain rim and core     57 kg main group pallasite1 % or less by volume  always greater than 4 %from homogeneous to heterogeneous         can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents       schreibersite       33from angular fragments to rounded higher than that of average solar system material       1 % or less by volumeLaramine County, 5 miles north of Albin, Wyoming  
    Fo 88+-135 to 85 % by volume41° 30' N., 104° 6' W.PAL0.1 to 7.3 % by volume    which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity  7207 kg           1915         
ALH 82106   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred                 no chondrules        often minerals not found on Earth        meteorite find       0.35 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)   bi-modal with extremely large 15mm crystals of low-Ca pyroxene poikilitically enclosing domains with ureilite texture  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite)     olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity      ALH 84136Fo% 95 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg      Goodrich et al. (1987b), AMN 9-3 Wo% 37 En% 60  when the meteorite was found       Wo% 4.9 En% 90 
ALH 83014   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S1  0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   less than 5 GPa    meteorite find       0.13 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)   large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite)     olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityunshocked      Fo% 82 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg shock metamorphism no diamonds or lonsdaleite  AMN 8-1curved meeting in triple junctions   when the meteorite was found       Wo% 8.0 En% 77 
ALHA 77257   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S2-S3  0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   less than 20 GPa    meteorite find       0.16 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)   large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitylow      Fo% 85 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg shock metamorphism small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished  Goodrich et al. (1987b), Goodrich and Berkley (1986), Berkley and Jones (1982)curved meeting in triple junctions   when the meteorite was found     silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine Wo% 6.8 En% 80 
ALHA 78019   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S1  0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   less than 5 GPa    meteorite find       0.05 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)   large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite)     olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityunshocked      Fo% 76 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg shock metamorphism no diamonds or lonsdaleite  Goodrich et al. (1987b), Goodrich and Berkley (1986), Berkley and Jones (1982)curved meeting in triple junctions   when the meteorite was found       Wo% 9.7 En% 71 
ALHA 78262   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S2-S3  0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   less than 20 GPa    meteorite find           large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitylow      Fo% 78 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg shock metamorphism small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished  Goodrich et al. (1987b), Goodrich and Berkley (1986), Berkley and Jones (1982)curved meeting in triple junctions   when the meteorite was found     silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine Wo% 8.4 En% 72 
ALHA81101   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          shock melted      no chondrules    much less than 1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   100 GPa or greater    meteorite find  mottled by melt glass        mosaicized  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) completely shattered or mosaicized   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityshock melted      Fo% 79 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg shock metamorphismvisible via dark matrix outlining relict grain boundaries of large, elongate grains, and a common preferred orientation of grains within relict domains -has source: Berkley JL, Taylor GJ, Keil K. Harlow GE, Prinz M 1980, Geochim Cosmochim Acta 44, 1579 -has URL: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?1980GeCoA..44.1579Bdiamonds and/or lonsdaleite  Berkley (1986), Saito and Takeda (1990)    when the meteorite was found       Wo% 8.1 En% 78 
Asuka 87031   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S4-S6  0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   from 20 GPa to 100 GPa    meteorite find  may be cloudy due to glassy inclusions    0 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)   large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) sub-grain boundaries may be prominent   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitymedium      Fo% 79 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg shock metamorphism diamonds and/or lonsdaleite  Yanai and Kojima (1995b)curved meeting in triple junctions   when the meteorite was found     greater extent of fracturing, undulatory extinction, and kink banding Wo% 7.5 En% 75 
Asuka 881931   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S2-S3  0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   less than 20 GPa    meteorite find           large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitylow      Fo% 76 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg shock metamorphism small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished  Yanai and Kojima (1995b)curved meeting in triple junctions   when the meteorite was found     silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine Wo% 8.8 En% 73 
Beeler   Beelertransparent, recrystallized, coarse crystals    providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid in weight %   0.1 to 1 % by volumewhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism  oldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification   low   6chondrules poorly definedoften minerals not found on Earth secondary, grains greater than 50 microns   amphoterite8.64 kg0.9 millimetersmeteorite find            2 % by volume can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agentsmost common chondrite observed from falls    agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historiesdevitrified, absent   10 to 15 % by volume  the range over at which the alteration took place 20 homogeneous  strongdefinition goes here in weight % less than 0.2 % by weight Ness County, Kansas  
20 % of total iron greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship   38° 32' N., 100° 13' W.   about 2 %  which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityless than 0.5 % by weight 715 kg thermal metamorphism         1924 asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter60 to 80 % by volume less than 1.5 % by weight   orthorhombic
Beenham   Beenhamtransparent, recrystallized, moderate size crystals    providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid in weight %   0.1 to 1 % by volumewhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism  oldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification   low   5chondrules readily delineatedoften minerals not found on Earth secondary, 2 to 50 micron grains   hypersthene chondrite44.4 kg0.7 millimetersmeteorite find         veined  5 % by volume can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agentsmost common chondrite observed from falls    agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historiesdevitrified, absent   10 to 15 % by volume  the range over at which the alteration took place 44 homogeneous  moderatedefinition goes here in weight % less than 0.2 % by weight township 25, range 30E., in Union County, New Mexico  
50 % of total iron greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship   36° 13 N., 103° 39' W.   5 to 10 %  which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityless than 0.5 % by weight 1256 kg thermal metamorphism         1937 asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter60 to 80 % by volume less than 1.5 % by weight   less than 20 % monoclinic
Bonita Springs   Bonita Springstransparent, recrystallized, moderate size crystals    providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid in weight %   0.1 to 1 % by volumewhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism  oldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification   high   5chondrules readily delineatedoften minerals not found on Earth secondary, 2 to 50 micron grains   bronzite chondrite41.8 kg0.3 millimetersmeteorite find            10 % by volume can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agentsmost common chondrite observed from falls    agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historiesdevitrified, absent   10 to 15 % by volume  the range over at which the alteration took place 76 homogeneous  moderatedefinition goes here in weight % less than 0.2 % by weight between Bonita Beach Rd. and Imperial River halfway between U.S. 41 and beach  
75 % of total iron greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship   26° 16' N., 81° 41' W.   12 to 21 %  which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityless than 0.5 % by weight 1267 kg thermal metamorphism         1938 asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter60 to 80 % by volume less than 1.5 % by weight   less than 20 % monoclinic
Brenham   Brenham  0.3 to 2.8 % by volume           2.5 to 4 degrees C per million years  mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic mineralstypically one centimeter    78 to 97 kilometers  metallic iron plus olivine; core/mantle boundary samplesheterogeneous elements are zoned between grain rim and core     1.5 tons main group pallasite1 % or less by volume  always greater than 4 %heterogeneous some regions have no olivine crystals        extremecan be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents       schreibersite       33from angular fragments to rounded higher than that of average solar system material       1 % or less by volumeKiowa County, Kansas  
    Fo 88+-135 to 85 % by volume37° 36' N., 99° 12' W.PAL0.1 to 7.3 % by volume    which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity  7207 kg           1882         
Cat Mountain   Cat Mountaintransparent, recrystallized, moderate size crystals    providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid in weight %   0.1 to 1 % by volumewhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism  oldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification   low   5chondrules readily delineatedoften minerals not found on Earth secondary, 2 to 50 micron grains   hypersthene chondrite 0.7 millimetersmeteorite find         Impact Melt Breccia  5 % by volume can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agentsmost common chondrite observed from falls    agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historiesdevitrified, absent   10 to 15 % by volume  the range over at which the alteration took place 44 homogeneous  moderatedefinition goes here in weight % less than 0.2 % by weight Tucson, Arizona  
50 % of total iron greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship   32° 8.9' N., 111° 6.7' W.   5 to 10 %  which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityless than 0.5 % by weight 1256 kg thermal metamorphism         1980/81 asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter60 to 80 % by volume less than 1.5 % by weight   less than 20 % monoclinic
Dingo Pup Donga   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S4-S6      no chondrules        often minerals not found on Earth   from 20 GPa to 100 GPa    meteorite find  may be cloudy due to glassy inclusions    0.5 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)   size-sorted layers  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) sub-grain boundaries may be prominent   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitymedium      Fo% 84 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg shock metamorphism diamonds and/or lonsdaleite  Berkley et. al (1980)euhedral, non-interlocking grains   when the meteorite was found     greater extent of fracturing, undulatory extinction, and kink banding Wo% 5.0 En% 81 
Eagle Station1.34 milligram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis 0.070 % by weightEagle Station 0.18 % by weight  38.7 % by weight         2.5 to 4 degrees C per million years  mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic mineralstypically one centimeter    78 to 97 kilometers  often minerals not found on Earth      36.3 kg meteorite find1 % or less by volume  always greater than 4 %from homogeneous to heterogeneous   42.2 % by weight     can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents 0.031 % by weight 45.1 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis       2.4 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis   1691from angular fragments to rounded higher than that of average solar system material19.0 % by weight      1 % or less by volume0.75 miles from Eagle Station, Carroll County, Kentucky 104
 26.0 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis  more ferroan than main group pallasite75 to 80 % by volume38° 37' N., 84° 58' W.PAL     which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity  485755 kg         2.66 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis 1880404 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis     79.8 mg# or 100 * Mg/(Mg + Fe)  
EET 83225   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S4-S6  0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   from 20 GPa to 100 GPa    meteorite find  may be cloudy due to glassy inclusions        large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) sub-grain boundaries may be prominent   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitymedium      Fo% 87 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg shock metamorphism diamonds and/or lonsdaleite  AMN 8-1curved meeting in triple junctions   when the meteorite was found     greater extent of fracturing, undulatory extinction, and kink banding Wo% 10 En% 78 
EET 83309   EET 83309      bre - chia      common in clasts   no chondrules   typical monomict ureilite material plus a variety of other lithic clasts    often minerals not found on Earth        Antarctic meteorite       0.27 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine) for monomict ureilitic clasts      can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite)     olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    smaller mineral fragments, carbon, suessite (Fe3Si), sulfides, minor chromite and minor apatite1691           Elephant Moraine, Antarctica       Fo% 80-84 for monomict ureilitic clasts in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg      Prinz et al. (1987)    1983       Wo% variable En% variable for monomict ureilitic clasts 
EET 87511   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S2-S3      no chondrules        often minerals not found on Earth   less than 20 GPa    meteorite find           bi-modal with extremely large 15mm crystals of low-Ca pyroxene poikilitically enclosing domains with ureilite texture  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitylow     EET 87717 meteoriteFo% 85 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kgWo% 4.5 En% 82shock metamorphism small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished  Berkley (1990), AMN 11-2 Wo% 36 En% 55  when the meteorite was found     silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine   
EET 87517   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S2-S3  0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   less than 20 GPa    meteorite find       0.5 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)   large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitylow      Fo% 92 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg shock metamorphism small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished  AMN 11-2curved meeting in triple junctions   when the meteorite was found     silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine Wo% 5.0 En% 87 
EET 87720   EET 87720      bre - chia      common in clasts   no chondrules   typical monomict ureilite material plus a variety of other lithic clasts    often minerals not found on Earth        Antarctic meteorite              can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite)     olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    smaller mineral fragments, carbon, suessite (Fe3Si), sulfides, minor chromite and minor apatite1691           Elephant Moraine, Antarctica       Fo% 79-87 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg      Warren and Kallemeyn (1991), AMN 12-3, AMN 13-1 Wo% 35 En% 52  1987       Wo% 8.0 En% 83 
EET 90019   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred             0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth        meteorite find           large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite)     olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity       Fo% 89 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg      AMN 15-1curved meeting in triple junctions   when the meteorite was found       Wo% 10 En% 80 
Eustis   Eustistransparent, recrystallized, small crystals    providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid in weight %   0.1 to 1 % by volumewhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism  oldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification   high   4chondrules well definedoften minerals not found on Earth secondary, grains than 2 microns   bronzite chondrite0.502 kg0.3 millimetersmeteorite find            10 % by volume can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agentsmost common chondrite observed from falls    agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historiesdevitrified, absent   10 to 15 % by volume  the range over at which the alteration took place 37 less than 5 % mean deviations  weakdefinition goes here in weight % less than 0.2 % by weight Eustis, Florida  
75 % of total iron greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship   28° 50' N., 81° 41' W.   12 to 21 %  which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityless than 0.5 % by weight 1251 kg thermal metamorphism         1918 asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter60 to 80 % by volume less than 1.5 % by weight   greater than 20 % monoclinic
FRO 90036   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          shock melted      no chondrules    much less than 1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   100 GPa or greater    meteorite find  mottled by melt glass        mosaicized  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) completely shattered or mosaicized   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityshock melted      Fo% 80 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kgWo% 3.0 En% 81shock metamorphismvisible via dark matrix outlining relict grain boundaries of large, elongate grains, and a common preferred orientation of grains within relict domains -has source: Berkley JL, Taylor GJ, Keil K. Harlow GE, Prinz M 1980, Geochim Cosmochim Acta 44, 1579 -has URL: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?1980GeCoA..44.1579Bdiamonds and/or lonsdaleite  Baba et al. (1993), Folco (1992)    when the meteorite was found   FRO 90168 meteorite     
FRO 90054   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred             0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth        meteorite find       0.58, 0.75 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)   large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite)     olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity      FRO 93008Fo% 87 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kgWo% 4.8 En% 84     Folco (1992), Fioretti and Molin (1996)curved meeting in triple junctionsWo% 39 En% 55  when the meteorite was found         
Glorieta Mountain2.04 milligram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis  Glorieta Mountain  0.3 to 2.8 % by volume           2.5 to 4 degrees C per million years  mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic mineralstypically one centimeter    78 to 97 kilometers  metallic iron plus olivine; core/mantle boundary samplesheterogeneous elements are zoned between grain rim and core     143 kg main group pallasite1 % or less by volume  always greater than 4 %from homogeneous to heterogeneous         can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents   20.8 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis   schreibersite   5.9 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis   33from angular fragments to rounded higher than that of average solar system material       1 % or less by volumeranch of Mrs. Roival near Canonçito, New Mexico, five miles south of Glorieta Mountain  
 8.19 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis  Fo 88+-135 to 85 % by volume35° 34' N., 105° 49' W.PAL0.1 to 7.3 % by volume    which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity  7207 kg         2.29 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis 1884280 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis        
Goalpara   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          shock melted      no chondrules    much less than 1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   100 GPa or greater    meteorite find  mottled by melt glass    0.33 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)   mosaicized  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) completely shattered or mosaicized   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityshock melted      Fo% 79 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg shock metamorphismvisible via dark matrix outlining relict grain boundaries of large, elongate grains, and a common preferred orientation of grains within relict domains -has source: Berkley JL, Taylor GJ, Keil K. Harlow GE, Prinz M 1980, Geochim Cosmochim Acta 44, 1579 -has URL: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?1980GeCoA..44.1579Bdiamonds and/or lonsdaleite  Berkley et. al (1980)    when the meteorite was found       Wo% 4.4 En% 76 
GRA 95205   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred             0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth        meteorite find           large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite)     olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity       Fo% 79 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kgWo% 4.0 En% 77     AMN 20-1curved meeting in triple junctions   when the meteorite was found         
Grady (1937)   Grady (1937)clastic and minor opaque  the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid in weight %sharp optical extinction, irregular fractures S10.1 to 1 % by volumewhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism  oldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification  nonehigh   3chondrules very sharply definedoften minerals not found on Earth minor primary grains only less than 5 GPa bronzite chondrite9.3 kg0.3 millimetersS1 shock stage chondrite            10 % by volume can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agentsmost common chondrite observed from falls   sharp optical extinction, irregular fracturesagglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historiesclear, isotropic, variable abundance   10 to 15 % by volume sharp optical extinction, irregular fractures  9 greater than 5 % deviations  nonedefinition goes here in weight % 0.2 to 1 % by weight Grady, New Mexicounshocked 
75 % of total iron greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship   34° 48' N., 103° 19' W.   12 to 21 %before, during or after other types of metamorphism3.7which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityless than 0.5 % by weight 349 kg shock metamorphism orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite       1937 asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter60 to 80 % by volume 0.3 to 3 % by weight   predominantly monoclinic
HaH 064   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S4-S6      no chondrules        often minerals not found on Earth   from 20 GPa to 100 GPa    meteorite find  may be cloudy due to glassy inclusions    0.65 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)   bi-modal with extremely large 15mm crystals of low-Ca pyroxene poikilitically enclosing domains with ureilite texture  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) sub-grain boundaries may be prominent   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           Hammadah al Hamramedium      Fo% 78 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kgWo% 4.6 En% 77shock metamorphism diamonds and/or lonsdaleite  Weber and Bischoff (1996), Weber and Bischoff (1998) Wo% 32 En% 55 HaHwhen the meteorite was found     greater extent of fracturing, undulatory extinction, and kink banding   
HaH 119   HaH 119transparent, recrystallized, small crystals  the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid in weight %undulatory extinction S30 % by volumewhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism  oldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification       4chondrules well definedenriched in 17O isotope secondary, grains than 2 micronsRumuruti meteorite15 to 20 GPa rumurutiite0.352 kg0.4 millimetersS3 shock stage chondrite      highly oxidized  unbecciated  0.1 % by volumeW4can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents    planar fractures, undulatory extinction, irregular fracturesagglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historiesdevitrified, absent   36 % by volume clinoenstatite lamellae on (100), undulatory extinction, planar fractures, irregular fracturesthe range over at which the alteration took place 1691 less than 5 % mean deviations  weakdefinition goes here in weight % less than 0.2 % by weight Hammadah al Hamraweakly shocked 
  greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship   28° 30.87' N., 12° 53.81' E.    before, during or after other types of metamorphism which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityless than 0.5 % by weight 485755 kg thermal metamorphism orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite      HaHApril 1995 asteroid smaller than 100 km in diametergreater than 40 % by volume less than 1.5 % by weight   greater than 20 % monoclinic
Hajma   Hajmah          S4-S6  0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   from 20 GPa to 100 GPa  0.596 kg meteorite find  may be cloudy due to glassy inclusions        large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) sub-grain boundaries may be prominent   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           Hajmah, Omanmedium 
    Fo% 85 19° 55' N., 56° 15' E.AURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg shock metamorphism diamonds and/or lonsdaleite  Hutchison (1977)curved meeting in triple junctionsWo% En%  1958     greater extent of fracturing, undulatory extinction, and kink banding Wo% 9.0 En% 78 
Haxtun   Haxtuntransparent, recrystallized, small crystals  the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid in weight %undulatory extinction, partially isotropic, planar deformation features S40.1 to 1 % by volumewhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism  oldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification   low   4chondrules well definedoften minerals not found on Earth secondary, grains than 2 microns 30 to 35 GPa hypersthene chondrite15.53 kg0.7 millimetersS4 shock stage chondrite            5 % by volume can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agentsmost common chondrite observed from falls   weak mosaicism, planar fracturesagglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historiesdevitrified, absent   10 to 15 % by volume weak mosaicism, twinning on (100), planar fracturesthe range over at which the alteration took place 21 less than 5 % mean deviations  weakdefinition goes here in weight % less than 0.2 % by weight 21 km SSE of Haxtun, Coloradomoderately shocked 
50 % of total iron greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship   40° 27.4' N., 102° 34.7' W.   5 to 10 %before, during or after other types of metamorphism which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityless than 0.5 % by weight 1197 kg shock metamorphism orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite       August 1975 asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter60 to 80 % by volume less than 1.5 % by weight   greater than 20 % monoclinic
Hughes 009   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S4-S6  0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   from 20 GPa to 100 GPa    meteorite find  may be cloudy due to glassy inclusions    0.7 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)   large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) sub-grain boundaries may be prominent   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitymedium      Fo% 87 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kgWo% 4.9 En% 84shock metamorphism diamonds and/or lonsdaleite  Wlotzka (1994), Goodrich (1998)curved meeting in triple junctionsWo% 37 En% 56  when the meteorite was found     greater extent of fracturing, undulatory extinction, and kink banding   
Imilac   Imilac  0.3 to 2.8 % by volume           2.5 to 4 degrees C per million years  mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic mineralstypically one centimeter    78 to 97 kilometers  9.9% Ni, 21.1 ppm Ga, 46.0 ppm Ge, 0.071 ppm Irheterogeneous elements are zoned between grain rim and core     240 kg main group pallasite1 % or less by volume  always greater than 4 %from homogeneous to heterogeneous         grade 2 (subject to weathering)       schreibersite       33from angular fragments to rounded higher than that of average solar system material       1 % or less by volumeAtacama Desert southwest of Imilac, Chile  
    Fo 88+-135 to 85 % by volume24° 12.2' S., 68° 48.4' W.PAL0.1 to 7.3 % by volume    which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity  7207 kg           1820         
Isna   Isnaclastic and minor opaque      in weight %   13 % by volumewhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism  oldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidificationelemental carbon none    3chondrules very sharply definedoften minerals not found on Earth minor primary grains onlyOrnans meteorite    0.15 millimetersAntarctic meteorite            1 to 5 % by volume can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agentsrare relative to other chondrite types    agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historiesclear, isotropic, variable abundance   34 % by volume    1691 greater than 5 % deviations  nonedefinition goes here in weight % 0.2 to 1 % by weight Nile River near Luxor, Egypt  
  greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship   24° 50' N., 31° 40' E.     3.7which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityless than 0.5 % by weight 485755 kg           1970 asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter48 % by volume 0.3 to 3 % by weight   predominantly monoclinic
Jalanash   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S4-S6  0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   from 20 GPa to 100 GPa    meteorite find  may be cloudy due to glassy inclusions    0.15 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)   large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) sub-grain boundaries may be prominent   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitymedium      Fo% 81 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg shock metamorphism diamonds and/or lonsdaleite  Weber and Bischoff (1998)curved meeting in triple junctions   when the meteorite was found     greater extent of fracturing, undulatory extinction, and kink banding Wo% 7.8 En% 75 
Kenna   Kenna          S4-S6  0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   from 20 GPa to 100 GPa  10.9 kg meteorite find  may be cloudy due to glassy inclusions    0.25 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)   large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) sub-grain boundaries may be prominent   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           Roosevelt County, New Mexicomedium 
    Fo% 79 33° 54' N., 103° 33.2' W.AURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg shock metamorphism diamonds and/or lonsdaleite  Berkley et. al (1980)curved meeting in triple junctions   February 1972     greater extent of fracturing, undulatory extinction, and kink banding Wo% 9.8 En% 72 
LEW 85328   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S2-S3  0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   less than 20 GPa    meteorite find       0.33 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)   large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitylow      Fo% 80 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg shock metamorphism small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished  AMN 10-1curved meeting in triple junctions   when the meteorite was found     silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine Wo% 9.0 En% 74 
LEW 85440   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S2-S3  0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   less than 20 GPasmall rounded olivine grains (poikilitic)   meteorite find       0.43, 0.50 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)   large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitylow     LEW 88012 meteoriteFo% 92 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kgWo% 5.0 En% 87shock metamorphism small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguishedsmall rounded pyroxene grains (poikilitic) Takeda et al. (1992), Takeda (1989), Takeda et al. (1988b), AMN13-2, AMN 13-3curved meeting in triple junctionsWo% 36 En% 59  when the meteorite was found     silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine   
LEW 86216   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          shock melted      no chondrules    much less than 1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   100 GPa or greater    meteorite find  mottled by melt glass    0.02 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)   mosaicized  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) completely shattered or mosaicized   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityshock melted      Fo% 81 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kgWo% 1.7 En% 88shock metamorphismvisible via dark matrix outlining relict grain boundaries of large, elongate grains, and a common preferred orientation of grains within relict domains -has source: Berkley JL, Taylor GJ, Keil K. Harlow GE, Prinz M 1980, Geochim Cosmochim Acta 44, 1579 -has URL: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?1980GeCoA..44.1579Bdiamonds and/or lonsdaleite  Berkley (1990)    when the meteorite was found         
LEW 87165   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred                 no chondrules        often minerals not found on Earth        meteorite find              can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite)     olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume6 (out of date)           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity       Fo% 85 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue9 kg (out of date)      AMN 12-1, AMN 13-1    when the meteorite was found       Fs% 13 ? 
LEW 88006   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S2-S3  0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   less than 20 GPa    meteorite find           large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitylow      Fo% 82 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg shock metamorphism small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished  AMN 13-2curved meeting in triple junctions   when the meteorite was found     silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine Wo% 8.0 En% 76 
LEW 88772   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred             0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth        meteorite find           large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite)     olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity       Fo% 84 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg      AMN 16-1curved meeting in triple junctions   when the meteorite was found       Wo% 11 En% 78 
LEW 88774   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S4-S6      no chondrules        often minerals not found on Earth   from 20 GPa to 100 GPa    meteorite find  may be cloudy due to glassy inclusions    0.83-0.87 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)   bi-modal with extremely large 15mm crystals of low-Ca pyroxene poikilitically enclosing domains with ureilite texture  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) sub-grain boundaries may be prominent  6% chromiteolivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitymedium      Fo% 75 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kgWo% 4.2 En% 75shock metamorphism diamonds and/or lonsdaleite  Warren and Kallemeyn (1994), Prinz et. al (1994) Wo% 33 En% 53  when the meteorite was found     greater extent of fracturing, undulatory extinction, and kink banding   
META 78008   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S4-S6      no chondrules        often minerals not found on Earth   from 20 GPa to 100 GPa    meteorite find  may be cloudy due to glassy inclusions    0.05, 0.37 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)   bi-modal with extremely large 15mm crystals of low-Ca pyroxene poikilitically enclosing domains with ureilite texture  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) sub-grain boundaries may be prominent   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitymedium      Fo% 77 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kgWo% 4.5 En% 76shock metamorphism diamonds and/or lonsdaleite  Takeda et al. (1989) Wo% 32 En% 55  when the meteorite was found     greater extent of fracturing, undulatory extinction, and kink banding Wo% 16 En% 66 
Monument Draw   Monument Draw               oldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidificationno chondrules        chondritic abundances of plagioclase and troilite;  Acapulco meteorite   0.5245 kg Antarctic meteorite           medium grained  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, metal with some troilite and some sodic plagioclase  agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories         1691           18 miles NW of Andrews, Texas  
      32° 30.2' N., 102° 44.6' W.  fine- to coarse-grained equigranular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity ultrametamorphism, partial melting with some melt migration485755 kg           1985 asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter       
Moorabie   Moorabieclastic and minor opaque  the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid in weight %undulatory extinction, partially isotropic, planar deformation features S40.1 to 1 % by volumewhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism  oldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification  nonelow   3chondrules very sharply definedoften minerals not found on Earth minor primary grains only 30 to 35 GPa hypersthene chondrite14.1 kg0.7 millimetersS4 shock stage chondrite            5 % by volume can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agentsmost common chondrite observed from falls   weak mosaicism, planar fracturesagglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historiesclear, isotropic, variable abundance   10 to 15 % by volume weak mosaicism, twinning on (100), planar fractures  10 greater than 5 % deviations  nonedefinition goes here in weight % 0.2 to 1 % by weight 130 miles north of Broken Hill close to Boolka, 10 miles south of Moorabie Bore, New South Walesmoderately shocked 
50 % of total iron greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship   30° 6' S., 141° 4' E.   5 to 10 %before, during or after other types of metamorphism3.8which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityless than 0.5 % by weight 131 kg shock metamorphism orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite       before 1965 asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter60 to 80 % by volume 0.3 to 3 % by weight   predominantly monoclinic
Mount Egerton   Mount Egerton         enstatite crystals up to 8.5 cm x 5 cm x 2.8 cm       mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals        often minerals not found on Earth      1.7 kg meteorite find   always greater than 4 %  highly reduced with very little FeO      extremecan be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  enstatite, forsterite, sodic plagioclase, metal, numerous sulfides     enstatite      9  higher than that of average solar system material        Mount Egerton, Australia  
      24° 53' S., 117° 38' E.AUB breccias of igneous lithologies   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity melted and crystallized residues from partial melting1205 kg           1941         
Mulga North   Mulga Northtransparent, recrystallized, coarse crystals    providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid in weight %   0.1 to 1 % by volumewhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism  oldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification   high   6chondrules poorly definedoften minerals not found on Earth secondary, grains greater than 50 microns   bronzite chondrite2.42 kg0.3 millimetersmeteorite find            10 % by volume can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agentsmost common chondrite observed from falls    agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historiesdevitrified, absent   10 to 15 % by volume  the range over at which the alteration took place 44 homogeneous  strongdefinition goes here in weight % less than 0.2 % by weight Western Australia  
75 % of total iron greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship   30° 11' S., 126° 22' E.   12 to 21 %  which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityless than 0.5 % by weight 11357 kg thermal metamorphism         1964 asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter60 to 80 % by volume less than 1.5 % by weight   orthorhombic
Nilpena   Nilpena      bre - chia      common in clasts   no chondrules   typical monomict ureilite material plus a variety of other lithic clasts    often minerals not found on Earth        polymict ureilite              can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite)     olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    smaller mineral fragments, carbon, suessite (Fe3Si), sulfides, minor chromite and minor apatite1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity      North Haig meteorite (possibly)Fo% 80 for monomict ureilitic clasts in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg      Jaques and Fitzgerald (1982)    when the meteorite was found       Wo% 9.0 En% 75 for monomict ureilitic clasts 
North Haig   North Haig      bre - chia      common in clasts   no chondrules   typical monomict ureilite material plus a variety of other lithic clasts    often minerals not found on Earth        polymict ureilite       0.26 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)      can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite)     olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    smaller mineral fragments, carbon, suessite (Fe3Si), sulfides, minor chromite and minor apatite1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity      Nilpena meteorite (possibly)Fo% 76-92 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg      Berkley et. al (1980)    when the meteorite was found       Wo% variable En% variable 
Nullabor 010   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S1  0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   less than 5 GPa    meteorite find       0.33 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)   large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite)     olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityunshocked     Nova 001 meteoriteFo% 79 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg shock metamorphism no diamonds or lonsdaleite  Treiman and Berkley (1994)curved meeting in triple junctionsWo% En%  when the meteorite was found       Wo% 9.0 En% 73 
Okechobee   Okechobeetransparent, recrystallized, small crystals    providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid in weight %   0.1 to 1 % by volumewhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism  oldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification   low   4chondrules well definedoften minerals not found on Earth secondary, grains than 2 microns   hypersthene chondrite1 kg0.7 millimetersmeteorite find            5 % by volume can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agentsmost common chondrite observed from falls    agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historiesdevitrified, absent   10 to 15 % by volume  the range over at which the alteration took place 21 less than 5 % mean deviations  weakdefinition goes here in weight % less than 0.2 % by weight    
50 % of total iron greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship   26° 41' N., 80° 48' W.   5 to 10 %  which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityless than 0.5 % by weight 1197 kg thermal metamorphism         1916 asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter60 to 80 % by volume less than 1.5 % by weight   greater than 20 % monoclinic
Old Homestead 001 Howardite, Eucrite, Diogenite Homestead 001                 no chondrules        often minerals not found on Earth      0.783 kg meteorite find              can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  orthopyroxene, olivine, chromite; pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silica     eucrite-diogenite mixture      19           Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia  
      31° 10' S., 127° 45' E.AHOW coarse-grained orthopyroxenites, gabbros, fine- to coarse-grained basalts, brecciated   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity cumulates, crystallized melts, impact mixing41 kg           June 1991         
PCA 82506   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S2-S3  0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   less than 20 GPasmall rounded olivine grains (poikilitic)   meteorite find       0.48 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)   large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitylow      Fo% 78 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg shock metamorphism small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguishedsmall rounded pyroxene grains (poikilitic) Goodrich et al. (1987b), Berkley (1986)curved meeting in triple junctions   when the meteorite was found     silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine Wo% 6.0 En% 76 
QUE 93336   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S4-S6  0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   from 20 GPa to 100 GPa    meteorite find  may be cloudy due to glassy inclusions        large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) sub-grain boundaries may be prominent   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitymedium     QUE 93341 meteoriteFo% 77 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg shock metamorphism diamonds and/or lonsdaleite  AMN 18-1curved meeting in triple junctions   when the meteorite was found     greater extent of fracturing, undulatory extinction, and kink banding Wo% 10 En% 72 
Ragland   Raglandclastic and minor opaque      in weight %   0.1 to 1 % by volumewhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism  oldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification  nonelow   3chondrules very sharply definedoften minerals not found on Earth minor primary grains only   amphoterite12.1 kg0.9 millimetersmeteorite find            2 % by volume can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agentsmost common chondrite observed from falls    agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historiesclear, isotropic, variable abundance   10 to 15 % by volume    5 greater than 5 % deviations  nonedefinition goes here in weight % 0.2 to 1 % by weight wheat field in New Mexico  
20 % of total iron greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship   34° 46' 4" N., 103° 33' 33" W.   about 2 % 3.4which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityless than 0.5 % by weight 90 kg           1982 asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter60 to 80 % by volume 0.3 to 3 % by weight   predominantly monoclinic
Reid 013   Reid 013                 no chondrules        often minerals not found on Earth  Brachina meteorite   0.330 kg meteorite find              can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, augite, Fe-sulfide, some orthopyroxene and some sodic plagioclase            1691           Nullarbor, Western Australia  
      30° 05' S., 128° 55' E.  medium- to coarse-grained equigranular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity metamorphosed chondrite, partial melting residue485755 kg     formed by separation of molten rock in a gravity field     1991         
RKPA 80239   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S2-S3  0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   less than 20 GPasmall rounded olivine grains (poikilitic)   meteorite find           large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitylow      Fo% 83 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg shock metamorphism small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguishedsmall rounded pyroxene grains (poikilitic) Goodrich et al. (1987b), Berkley (1986)curved meeting in triple junctions   when the meteorite was found     silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine Wo% 6.7 En% 78 
Roosevelt County 027   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S2-S3  0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   less than 20 GPa    meteorite find       0.25 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)   large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitylow      Fo% 79 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg shock metamorphism small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished  Goodrich et al. (1987a)curved meeting in triple junctions   when the meteorite was found     silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine Wo% 8.0 En% 75 
Sahara 97021   Sahara 97021transparent, recrystallized, moderate size crystals  the nature and degree of thermal metamorphism or aqueous alteration providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid in weight %undulatory extinction S30.1 to 1 % by volumewhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism  oldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification   low   5chondrules readily delineatedoften minerals not found on Earth secondary, 2 to 50 micron grains 15 to 20 GPa amphoterite0.895 kg0.9 millimetersS3 shock stage chondrite            2 % by volumeW2can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agentsmost common chondrite observed from falls   planar fractures, undulatory extinction, irregular fracturesagglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historiesdevitrified, absent   10 to 15 % by volume clinoenstatite lamellae on (100), undulatory extinction, planar fractures, irregular fracturesthe range over at which the alteration took place 9 homogeneous  moderatedefinition goes here in weight % less than 0.2 % by weight Sahara Desertweakly shocked 
20 % of total iron greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship   y° 08' 52" N., x° 28' 49" W.   about 2 %before, during or after other types of metamorphism which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityless than 0.5 % by weight 184 kg shock metamorphism orthopyroxene for enstatite chondrite       February 1997 asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter60 to 80 % by volume less than 1.5 % by weight   less than 20 % monoclinic
Sahara 97096   Sahara 97096clastic and minor opaque      in weight %   0.1 to 1 % by volumewhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism  oldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification  nonehigh   3 to 5chondrules very sharply definedoften minerals not found on Earth minor primary grains only   E chondrite28 kg0.2 millimetersmeteorite find     zerohighly reduced with very little FeO     8 % by volume can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents     agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historiesclear, isotropic, variable abundance   less than 2 to 15 % by volume    1691 greater than 5 % deviations  nonedefinition goes here in weight % 0.2 to 1 % by weight Sahara  
  greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship   y° 01' 43" N., x° 32' 21" W.      which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityless than 0.5 % by weight 485755 kg           1997 asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter60 to 80 % by volume 0.3 to 3 % by weight   predominantly monoclinic
Sahara 99555   Sahara 99555                 no chondrules        often minerals not found on Earth  Angra dos Reis meteorite   2.710 kg meteorite find              can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  Al-Ti-diopside, anorthite, calcic olivine     augite      1691           Sahara Desert  
       ACANOM fine- to coarse-grained igneous   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity crystallized melts, cumulates (?)485755 kg           May 1999         
Sahara meteorite   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred                          often minerals not found on Earth                       can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents               1691      meteorite find    Sahara desert         in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude      which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity  485755 kg           when the meteorite was found         
Seemore Downs   Seemore Downstransparent, recrystallized, small crystals    providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid in weight %   0.1 to 1 % by volumewhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism  oldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification   low   4chondrules well definedoften minerals not found on Earth secondary, grains than 2 microns   amphoterite0.429 kg0.9 millimetersmeteorite find            2 % by volume can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agentsmost common chondrite observed from falls    agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historiesdevitrified, absent   10 to 15 % by volume  the range over at which the alteration took place 2 less than 5 % mean deviations  weakdefinition goes here in weight % less than 0.2 % by weight Western Australia  
20 % of total iron greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship   30° 35' S., 125° 13' E.   about 2 %  which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityless than 0.5 % by weight 124 kg thermal metamorphism         April 1991 asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter60 to 80 % by volume less than 1.5 % by weight   greater than 20 % monoclinic
Selma   Selmatransparent, recrystallized, small crystals    providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid in weight %   0.1 to 1 % by volumewhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism  oldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification   high   4chondrules well definedoften minerals not found on Earth secondary, grains than 2 microns   bronzite chondrite140.7 kg0.3 millimetersmeteorite find            10 % by volume can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agentsmost common chondrite observed from falls    agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historiesdevitrified, absent   10 to 15 % by volume  the range over at which the alteration took place 37 less than 5 % mean deviations  weakdefinition goes here in weight % less than 0.2 % by weight Dallas County, Alabama, 2 miles N. of Selma near the Summerfield road  
75 % of total iron greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship   32° 24' N., 87° 0' W.   12 to 21 %  which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityless than 0.5 % by weight 1251 kg thermal metamorphism         1906 asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter60 to 80 % by volume less than 1.5 % by weight   greater than 20 % monoclinic
Springwater3.18 milligram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis 0.004 % by weightSpringwater 0.33 % by weight0.3 to 2.8 % by volume 39.0 % by weight         2.5 to 4 degrees C per million years  mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic mineralstypically one centimeter    78 to 97 kilometers  metallic iron plus olivine; core/mantle boundary samplesheterogeneous elements are zoned between grain rim and core     67.6 kg main group pallasite1 % or less by volume  always greater than 4 %from homogeneous to heterogeneous   43.9 % by weight main mass at Arizona State Univ.   can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents 0.021 % by weight 20.4 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis   schreibersite   7.7 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis   33from angular fragments to rounded higher than that of average solar system material17.2 % by weight      1 % or less by volume100 miles west of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada 51
 8.84 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis  Fo 8235 to 85 % by volume52° 0' N., 108° 18' W.PAL0.1 to 7.3 % by volume    
  7207 kg      Yanhua Zhou, Steele, I.M. 1993, Lunar Planet. Sci. 24, 1573  0.54 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis Summer, 1931169 microgram/gram using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis     82.0 mg# or 100 * Mg/(Mg + Fe)  
Theil Mountains   Theil Mountains  0.3 to 2.8 % by volume           2.5 to 4 degrees C per million years  mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic mineralstypically one centimeter    78 to 97 kilometers  often minerals not found on Earthheterogeneous elements are zoned between grain rim and core     28.6 kg Antarctic meteorite1 % or less by volume  always greater than 4 %from homogeneous to heterogeneous         can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents       schreibersite       1691from angular fragments to rounded higher than that of average solar system material       1 % or less by volumeNE base of Mount Wrather, Antarctica  
    Fo 88+-135 to 85 % by volume85° 23.9' S., 86° 35.4' W.PAL0.1 to 7.3 % by volume    which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity  485755 kg           December 7, 1961         
Tierra Blanca   Tierra Blanca               oldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidificationno chondrules        IAB-silica related  Winona meteorite   0.860 kg meteorite find              can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, metal with some troilite and some sodic plagioclase  agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories         1691        troilite, metal, daubreilite, schreibersite, graphite  Tierra Blanca Creek 10 km SW of Canyon, Texas  
      34° 56' N., 102° 01' W.  fine- to coarse-grained equigranular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity ultrametamorphism, partial melting with some melt migration485755 kg           before 1965 asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter       
Vermillion   Vermillion              2.5 to 4 degrees C per million years  large mm sized pyroxene crystals poikilitically containing small olivine grains1.5 cm    78 to 97 kilometers  often minerals not found on Earth      34.36 kg meteorite find1 % or less by volume  always greater than 4 %from homogeneous to heterogeneous  0.7 % by volume (orthopyroxene)      can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents               1691rounded to subrounded 1.5 cm higher than that of average solar system material       0.2 % by volumegrain field in Marshall County, Kansas  
     14 % by volume39° 44.18' N., 96° 21.68' W.PAL     which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity  485755 kg           May, 1991         
Wells   Wellsclastic and minor opaque      in weight %   0.1 to 1 % by volumewhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism  oldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification  nonelow   3chondrules very sharply definedoften minerals not found on Earth minor primary grains only   amphoterite4.135 kg0.9 millimetersmeteorite find            2 % by volume can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agentsmost common chondrite observed from falls    agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historiesclear, isotropic, variable abundance   10 to 15 % by volume    5 greater than 5 % deviations  nonedefinition goes here in weight % 0.2 to 1 % by weight grain field in Texas  
20 % of total iron greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship   33° 3' N., 101° 56' W.   about 2 % 3.3which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityless than 0.5 % by weight 90 kg           1985 asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter60 to 80 % by volume 0.3 to 3 % by weight   predominantly monoclinic
Y-74123   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred             0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth        meteorite find       0 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)   large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite)     olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity       Fo% 79 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg      Takeda et al. (1979a), Takeda et al. (1979b), Takeda (1987)curved meeting in triple junctions   when the meteorite was found       Wo% 6.8 En% 75 
Y-74130   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred                 no chondrules        often minerals not found on Earth        meteorite find       0.5, 1 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)   bi-modal with extremely large 15mm crystals of low-Ca pyroxene poikilitically enclosing domains with ureilite texture  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite)     olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity       Fo% 78 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kgWo% 4.2 En% 78     Takeda et al. (1989), Goodrich (1986b) Wo% 32 En% 55  when the meteorite was found       Wo% 14 En% 68 
Y-74154   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          shock melted      no chondrules    much less than 1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   100 GPa or greater    meteorite find  mottled by melt glass        mosaicized  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) completely shattered or mosaicized   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityshock melted      Fo% 84 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg shock metamorphismvisible via dark matrix outlining relict grain boundaries of large, elongate grains, and a common preferred orientation of grains within relict domains -has source: Berkley JL, Taylor GJ, Keil K. Harlow GE, Prinz M 1980, Geochim Cosmochim Acta 44, 1579 -has URL: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?1980GeCoA..44.1579Bdiamonds and/or lonsdaleite  Yanai and Kojima (1995b)    when the meteorite was found       Wo% 8.1 En% 79 variable due to interstitial or shock melts 
Y-74659   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S2-S3  0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   less than 20 GPa    meteorite find       0.52 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)   large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitylow      Fo% 91 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kgWo% 4.5 En% 88shock metamorphism small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished  Takeda et al. (1979a), Takeda (1987), Takeda and Yanai (1978)curved meeting in triple junctions   when the meteorite was found     silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine Wo% 7.3 En% 86 
Y-790981   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S4-S6  0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   from 20 GPa to 100 GPa    meteorite find  may be cloudy due to glassy inclusions    0.11 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)   large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) sub-grain boundaries may be prominent   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitymedium      Fo% 78 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg shock metamorphism diamonds and/or lonsdaleite  Goodrich et al. (1987b), Berkley (1986), Takeda (1987)curved meeting in triple junctions   when the meteorite was found     greater extent of fracturing, undulatory extinction, and kink banding Wo% 8.9 En% 73 
Y-791538   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S2-S3  0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   less than 20 GPa    meteorite find       0.45 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)   large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitylow      Fo% 91 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kgWo% 4.9 En% 88shock metamorphism small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished  Yanai and Kojima (1995b), Takeda et al. (1992), Takeda (1989)curved meeting in triple junctions   when the meteorite was found     silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine Wo% 9.0 En% 84 
Y-791839   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred             0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth        meteorite find           large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite)     olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity       Fo% 75 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg      Yanai and Kojima (1995b)curved meeting in triple junctions   when the meteorite was found       Wo% variable En% variable 
Y-82100   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S2-S3  0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   less than 20 GPa    meteorite find       0.2 in modal pyroxene/(pryroxene+olivine)   large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitylow      Fo% 81 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg shock metamorphism small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished  Yanai and Kojima (1995b)curved meeting in triple junctions   when the meteorite was found     silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine Wo% 8.6 En% 77 
Y-8448   based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred          S2-S3  0 %   no chondrules    1 mm   often minerals not found on Earth   less than 20 GPa    meteorite find           large, anhedral olivine and pyroxene grains  can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents  olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands   olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volumereduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal    carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume1691           strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitylow      Fo% 78 in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitudeAURE coarse-grained granular   which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity partial melting residue485755 kg shock metamorphism small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished  Yanai and Kojima (1995b)curved meeting in triple junctions   when the meteorite was found     silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine variable 
Yilmia   Yilmiatransparent, recrystallized, coarse crystals    providing insight into geological evolution of parent asteroid in weight %   0.1 to 1 % by volumewhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism  oldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification   low   3 to 6chondrules poorly definedoften minerals not found on Earth secondary, grains greater than 50 microns   E chondrite24 kg0.6 millimetersmeteorite find     zerohighly reduced with very little FeO     15 % by volume can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents     agglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse historiesdevitrified, absent   less than 2 to 15 % by volume  the range over at which the alteration took place 1691 homogeneous  strongdefinition goes here in weight % less than 0.2 % by weight Western Australia  
  greater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship   31° 11' 30" S., 121° 32' E.      which appears as an elongated footprint which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocityless than 0.5 % by weight 485755 kg thermal metamorphism         1969 asteroid smaller than 100 km in diameter60 to 80 % by volume less than 1.5 % by weight   orthorhombic

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