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| ringwoodite | ||||
| subject | fact | |||
| ringwoodite | is an instance of metastable mineral |  |
| has stable polymorph olivine | | |
| is an instance of meteorite mineral formed by shock | | |
| can have progenitor mineral olivine when produced by shock metamorphism | | |
| can be produced by mechanism solid state shock transformation into veins in highly shocked ordinary chondrites | | |
| is an instance of mineral not present on Earth | | |
| metastable mineral | has decay time | |
| polymorphic mineral | has polymorph | |
| meteorite mineral | is one of 295 minerals found to occur in meteorites | |
| mineral | has color | |
| has alteration mineral | | |
| is one of 4000 well-characterized minerals | |