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stone meteorite fusion crust
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stone meteorite fusion crust	is a part of stone meteorite
	is a kind of meteorite fusion crust
	has texture dull black for most stone meteorites, or glassy for low melting point eucrites
	has thickness less than one millimeter to several millimeters
	has composition mostly silicate glass with some magnetite
	has weather resistance high
meteorite fusion crust	has extent directly proportional to the initial velocity of a meteoroid
	has color black except for rare iron-poor meteorites
	is different from interior of meteorite

Kinds of stone meteorite fusion crust :

• aubrite fusion crust (3 facts)
• eucrite fusion crust (3 facts)
• stone meteorite fusion crust inner zone (3 facts)
• stone meteorite fusion crust intermediate zone (4 facts)
• stone meteorite fusion crust outer zone (4 facts)