stony iron meteorite Comparison Table

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stony iron meteorite comparison table

Subject has minerology has chromite content has olivine grain shape has olivine content has likely origin has formation cooling rate has olivine crystal distribution parent body radiu has letter designation has total mass of find has phosphate content has composition has olivine grain size has number of find has petrology

mesosiderite orthopyroxene, olivine, chromite, pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silica, phosphates impact melted crustal igneous lithologies 0.5 degrees C per million years 206 kilometers MES 1632 kg metallic iron plus basaltic, gabbroic and orthopyroxenic silicates 20 breccias of igneous lithologies, impact melts

pallasite 1 % or less by volume from angular fragments to rounded 35 to 85 % by volume 2.5 to 4 degrees C per million years from homogeneous to heterogeneous 78 to 97 kilometers PAL 7207 kg 1 % or less by volume metallic iron plus olivine; core/mantle boundary samples typically one centimeter 33

ungrouped stony iron meteorite 225 kg silicates (with very few exceptions) 6

Subject	has minerology	has chromite content	has olivine grain shape	has olivine content	has likely origin	has formation cooling rate	has olivine crystal distribution	parent body radiu	has letter designation	has total mass of find	has phosphate content	has composition	has olivine grain size	has number of find	has petrology
mesosiderite	orthopyroxene, olivine, chromite, pigeonite, calcic plagioclase, silica, phosphates				impact melted crustal igneous lithologies	0.5 degrees C per million years		206 kilometers	MES	1632 kg		metallic iron plus basaltic, gabbroic and orthopyroxenic silicates		20	breccias of igneous lithologies, impact melts
pallasite		1 % or less by volume	from angular fragments to rounded	35 to 85 % by volume		2.5 to 4 degrees C per million years	from homogeneous to heterogeneous	78 to 97 kilometers	PAL	7207 kg	1 % or less by volume	metallic iron plus olivine; core/mantle boundary samples	typically one centimeter	33
ungrouped stony iron meteorite										225 kg		silicates (with very few exceptions)		6

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