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presolar mineral comparison table

Subject	is one of	be produced by mechanism	is produced by mechanism	has metastable polymorph	have progenitor mineral	has abundance in iron meteorite	is an instance of	has stable polymorph
beta-silicon nitride	295 minerals found to occur in meteorites						presolar mineral
corundum	295 minerals found to occur in meteorites						presolar mineral
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	very rare only found in one or a few meteorites	very rare iron meteorite mineral	graphite
graphite	295 minerals found to occur in meteorites	weathering in Earth's atmosphere when produced in iron meteorite		diamond	cohenite or haxonite when it occurs in weathered iron meteorite	very common	very common iron meteorite mineral
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	very rare only found in one or a few meteorites	mineral not present on Earth	graphite
molybdenum carbide	295 minerals found to occur in meteorites						presolar mineral
silicon carbide	295 minerals found to occur in meteorites						presolar mineral
titanium carbide	295 minerals found to occur in meteorites						presolar mineral
zirconium carbide	295 minerals found to occur in meteorites						presolar mineral

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