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type 6 chondrite comparison table

Subject	has iron metal and iron sulfide	has oxidized iron content	has weather resistance	has metal abundance	has refractory inclusion abundance	has total iron content	has distinguishing feature	has metal iron content	has fragmentation probability	has chondrule abundance	has relative abundance	has abundance	has prototype	has oxidation state	has total mass of find	has matrix abundance	has composition	has number of find	has ablative mass loss	has synonym	has chondrule mean diameter
CK6 chondrite			low	0.01 % by volume	4 % by volume		elemental carbon		high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	15 % by volume	8 % of meteorite falls	rare relative to other chondrite types	??? meteorite		2577 kg	75 % by volume	often minerals not found on Earth	36	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite		0.7 millimeters
E6 chondrite		zero	which depends on its composition	in volume %	in volume %				during meteor phase which depends on composition	in volume %				highly reduced with very little FeO	59 kg	in volume %	often minerals not found on Earth	8	directly proportional to initial velocity	E chondrite	millimeters
H6 chondrite	75 % of total iron		low	10 % by volume	0.1 to 1 % by volume	high		12 to 21 %	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	60 to 80 % by volume	85.7 % of meteorite falls	most common chondrite observed from falls			11357 kg	10 to 15 % by volume	often minerals not found on Earth	44	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	bronzite chondrite	0.3 millimeters
L6 chondrite	50 % of total iron		low	5 % by volume	0.1 to 1 % by volume	low		5 to 10 %	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	60 to 80 % by volume	85.7 % of meteorite falls	most common chondrite observed from falls			4673 kg	10 to 15 % by volume	often minerals not found on Earth	155	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	hypersthene chondrite	0.7 millimeters
LL6 chondrite	20 % of total iron		low	2 % by volume	0.1 to 1 % by volume	low		about 2 %	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	60 to 80 % by volume	85.7 % of meteorite falls	most common chondrite observed from falls			715 kg	10 to 15 % by volume	bronzite, olivine and minor oligoclase	20	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	amphoterite	0.9 millimeters

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