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| mineral > metamorphic mineral > meteorite mineral formed by shock > ringwoodite |
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| ringwoodite comparison table | ||||||
| Subject | is one of | be produced by mechanism | has definition | is a kind of | is an instance of | has stable polymorph |
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| metastable mineral | 4000 well-characterized minerals | a polymorphic mineral in a high energy state relative to room temperature and pressure | polymorphic mineral | |||
| meteorite mineral formed by shock | 295 minerals found to occur in meteorites | shock | meteorite mineral | |||
| mineral not present on Earth | 4000 well-characterized minerals | a mineral not known as a terrestrial mineral or extremely rare on Earth | mineral | |||
| ringwoodite | 4000 well-characterized minerals | solid state shock transformation into veins in highly shocked ordinary chondrites | mineral not present on Earth | olivine |
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