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stone meteorite fusion crust inner zone
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stone meteorite fusion crust inner zone	is a kind of stone meteorite fusion crust
	is a kind of stone meteorite fusion crust
	has texture unmelted silicates and rapidly solidified metal-sulfide intergrowths
stone meteorite fusion crust	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