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type IAB chondrule comparison table

Subject	has oxidation state	has olivine content	has definition	has pryroxene content	has iron oxide content	has Mg content of olivine or pyroxene	is a kind of
type AB chondrule		intermediate		intermediate			chondrule
type I chondrule	low or reduced		a chondrule compositional classification based on low iron oxide content and reduced oxidation state		low	greater than 90 %	chondrule
type IAB chondrule	low or reduced	intermediate		intermediate	low	greater than 90 %	type AB chondrule

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