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sulfide-rich IAB iron comparison table
Subject has part mean Ni content of sulfide has weather resistance has part carbon has daubreelite has part matrix has mafic mineral has prototype has nickel content has degree of aqueous alteration has matrix abundance has sediment mechanism has image has distinguishing feature has part feldspar has metal abundance has refractory inclusion abundance has relative abundance has fragmentation probability has chondrule mean diameter have composition has chondrule glass type has age has part sulfide Ni content has part maximum bulk Ni in metal has troilite has structural class has number of find has petrologic type has find date has part water has plagioclase has degree of thermal metamorphism has abundance has metal has peak temperature has W.P. has name has crystal size has fall location is an instance of has schreibersite has part metal maximum bulk has homogeneity of olivine and low Ca pyroxene has graphite has composition has structural state of low Ca pyroxene has troilite texture has fall coordinate has olivine and low Ca pyroxene homogeneity has ablative mass loss has total mass of find has chondrule abundance has parent body has part chondrule has petrologic type range
Mundrabillain weight %low0.2 to 1 % by weight1.6 % by volumeclastic and minor opaque48.5 % by volumeVigarano meteorite7.47 % by weightweak40 % by volumeagglomeration of particles, many of which record individual, diverse histories
elemental carbonminor primary grains only0 to 5 % by volume10 % by volume8 % of meteorite fallshigh because it is more friable than iron meteorite1.0 millimeters7.72% Ni, 59.5 ppm Ga, 196 ppm Ge, 0.87 ppm Irclear, isotropic, variable abundanceoldest and most primitive rock in solar systemless than 0.5 % by weightgreater than 20 % by weight, kamacite and taenite in exsolution relationship30.5 % by volumeOf36319110.3 to 3 % by weight14.9 % by volumenonerare relative to other chondrite types0.12 % by volumeless than 950 degree Celsius during its entire history since solidification0.69 % by volumeMundrabilla0.6 mm (fine)Mundrabilla, Nullarbor Plain, Western AustraliaCV chondrite% by volumein weight %definition goes here3.7 % by volumeiron-rich olivine, calcium aluminum inclusionspredominantly monoclinic Latitude 30 degrees 47 minutes South, Longitude 127 degrees 33 minutes Eastgreater than 5 % deviationshigh because it is more friable than iron meteorite2577 kg45 % by volumeasteroid smaller than 100 km in diameterchondrules very sharply definedwhich depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism
Persimmon Creek high % by volume 23.4 % by volumeMundrabilla meteorite6.4 % by weight        5.7 % of meteorite fallslow because it is tougher than stony meteorite      22.1 % by volume 532   2.0 % by volume  43.7 % by volume 6.8 % by volumePersimmon Creek strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitysulfide-rich IAB iron0.67 % by volume  1.4 % by volumehigh in troilite irregular massesin degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude low because it has higher tensile strength than stony meteorite454624 kg    
Pitts high % by volume 21.3 % by volumeMundrabilla meteorite6.4 % by weight        5.7 % of meteorite fallslow because it is tougher than stony meteorite      51.7 % by volume 532   1.9 % by volume  11.5 % by volume 10.6 % by volumePitts strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitysulfide-rich IAB iron0.15 % by volume  2.8 % by volumehigh in troilite irregular massesin degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude low because it has higher tensile strength than stony meteorite454624 kg    
Zagora high % by volume 22.2 % by volumeMundrabilla meteorite6.4 % by weight        5.7 % of meteorite fallslow because it is tougher than stony meteorite      2.8 % by volume 532   4.4 % by volume  65.7 % by volume 2.8 % by volumebased on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocitysulfide-rich IAB iron0.58 % by volume  1.6 % by volumehigh in troilite veinsin degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude low because it has higher tensile strength than stony meteorite454624 kg    

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