pallasite Comparison Table

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pallasite comparison table

Subject has distinguishing feature has olivine content has olivine composition has olivine composition uniformity has troilite content has schreibersite content has minor mineral

Eagle Station grouplet pallasite mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals 75 to 80 % by volume more ferroan than main group pallasite

main group pallasite mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals 35 to 85 % by volume Fo 88+-1 heterogeneous elements are zoned between grain rim and core 0.1 to 7.3 % by volume 0.3 to 2.8 % by volume schreibersite

pyroxene grouplet pallasite large mm sized pyroxene crystals poikilitically containing small olivine grains 35 to 85 % by volume

Subject	has distinguishing feature	has olivine content	has olivine composition	has olivine composition uniformity	has troilite content	has schreibersite content	has minor mineral
Eagle Station grouplet pallasite	mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals	75 to 80 % by volume	more ferroan than main group pallasite
main group pallasite	mixture of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic minerals	35 to 85 % by volume	Fo 88+-1	heterogeneous elements are zoned between grain rim and core	0.1 to 7.3 % by volume	0.3 to 2.8 % by volume	schreibersite
pyroxene grouplet pallasite	large mm sized pyroxene crystals poikilitically containing small olivine grains	35 to 85 % by volume

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