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stone meteorite fusion crust comparison table

Subject	has texture	is part of	has composition
aubrite fusion crust	grey-white or tan (see aubrites)	aubrite	mostly silicate glass with some magnetite
eucrite fusion crust	glassy black for low melting point eucrites	eucrite	mostly silicate glass with some magnetite
stone meteorite fusion crust inner zone	unmelted silicates and rapidly solidified metal-sulfide intergrowths		mostly silicate glass with some magnetite
stone meteorite fusion crust intermediate zone	partly melted silicate grains		silicate minerals
stone meteorite fusion crust outer zone	opaque glassy	stone meteorite fusion crust	glass containing submicrometer magnetite

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