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meteorite mineral formed by shock comparison table

Subject	is one of	be produced by mechanism	is produced by mechanism	have progenitor mineral	has genesi	has abundance in iron meteorite	is an instance of	has stable polymorph
baddeleyite	295 minerals found to occur in meteorites	shock induced thermal decomposition at very high temperature (1680 Celsius) and low pressure (i.e atmospheric)		zircon when produced by shock metamorphism	created on Mars if found in martian meteorite		martian meteorite mineral
chaoite	295 minerals found to occur in meteorites	shock		graphite when produced by shock metamorphism			meteorite mineral formed by shock
diamond	295 minerals found to occur in meteorites	shock exceeding 13 GPa on the meteorite parent bodies not during collison with Earth		graphite when produced by shock metamorphism	before our solar system was formed if found in meteorite and appears as an interstellar grain inclusion	very rare only found in one or a few meteorites	very rare iron meteorite mineral	graphite
lonsdaleite	4000 well-characterized minerals	shock	shock exceeding 13 GPa on the meteorite parent bodies not during collison with Earth	graphite when produced by shock metamorphism	before our solar system was formed if found in meteorite and appears as an interstellar grain inclusion	very rare only found in one or a few meteorites	mineral not present on Earth	graphite
magnesiowustite	295 minerals found to occur in meteorites	shock					meteorite mineral formed by shock
majorite	4000 well-characterized minerals	solid state shock transformation into veins in highly shocked ordinary chondrites		orthopyroxene when produced by shock metamorphism			mineral not present on Earth	orthopyroxene
martensite	4000 well-characterized minerals	shear transformation during shock heating and quenching		taneite when produced by shock metamorphism		ubiquitous	mineral not present on Earth
ringwoodite	4000 well-characterized minerals	solid state shock transformation into veins in highly shocked ordinary chondrites		olivine when produced by shock metamorphism			mineral not present on Earth	olivine
suessite	295 minerals found to occur in meteorites	shock induced chemical reduction of iron and silicon from olivine via carbonaceous matrix in meteorite		olivine and carbonaceous matrix when produced by shock metamorphism			meteorite mineral formed by shock

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