stable mineral Comparison Table

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stable mineral comparison table

Subject has alteration mineral be produced by mechanism has metastable polymorph is a kind of has genesi has abundance in iron meteorite is an instance of

graphite weathering in Earth's atmosphere when produced in iron meteorite diamond before our solar system was formed if found in meteorite and appears as an interstellar grain inclusion very common very common iron meteorite mineral

olivine pyroxene and amphibole coronas or concentric rings surrounding original olivine crystals in basic igneous rocks ringwoodite stable mineral created on Mars if found in martian meteorite martian meteorite mineral

orthopyroxene majorite created on Mars if found in martian meteorite martian meteorite mineral

quartz weathering on Earth or during atmospheric entry coesite created on Mars if found in martian meteorite terrestrially weathered meteorite mineral

Subject	has alteration mineral	be produced by mechanism	has metastable polymorph	is a kind of	has genesi	has abundance in iron meteorite	is an instance of
graphite		weathering in Earth's atmosphere when produced in iron meteorite	diamond		before our solar system was formed if found in meteorite and appears as an interstellar grain inclusion	very common	very common iron meteorite mineral
olivine	pyroxene and amphibole coronas or concentric rings surrounding original olivine crystals in basic igneous rocks		ringwoodite	stable mineral	created on Mars if found in martian meteorite		martian meteorite mineral
orthopyroxene			majorite		created on Mars if found in martian meteorite		martian meteorite mineral
quartz		weathering on Earth or during atmospheric entry	coesite		created on Mars if found in martian meteorite		terrestrially weathered meteorite mineral

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