ordinary chondrite Comparison Table

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ordinary chondrite comparison table

Subject has iron metal and iron sulfide has metal abundance has total iron content has metal iron content has total mass of find has composition has number of find has synonym has chondrule mean diameter

H chondrite 75 % of total iron 10 % by volume high 12 to 21 % 6398 kg often minerals not found on Earth 450 bronzite chondrite 0.3 millimeters

L chondrite 50 % of total iron 5 % by volume low 5 to 10 % 9510 kg often minerals not found on Earth 461 hypersthene chondrite 0.7 millimeters

LL chondrite 20 % of total iron 2 % by volume low about 2 % 1715 kg bronzite, olivine and minor oligoclase 64 amphoterite 0.9 millimeters

Subject	has iron metal and iron sulfide	has metal abundance	has total iron content	has metal iron content	has total mass of find	has composition	has number of find	has synonym	has chondrule mean diameter
H chondrite	75 % of total iron	10 % by volume	high	12 to 21 %	6398 kg	often minerals not found on Earth	450	bronzite chondrite	0.3 millimeters
L chondrite	50 % of total iron	5 % by volume	low	5 to 10 %	9510 kg	often minerals not found on Earth	461	hypersthene chondrite	0.7 millimeters
LL chondrite	20 % of total iron	2 % by volume	low	about 2 %	1715 kg	bronzite, olivine and minor oligoclase	64	amphoterite	0.9 millimeters

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