undifferentiated meteorite Comparison Table

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undifferentiated meteorite comparison table

Subject has metal abundance has part mean Ni content of sulfide has minerology has refractory inclusion abundance has distinguishing feature has part feldspar has part metal maximum bulk has likely origin has chondrule glass type has homogeneity of olivine and low Ca pyroxene has chondrule abundance has relative abundance has part chondrule has total mass of find has structural state of low Ca pyroxene has part matrix has matrix abundance has petrologic type range has part carbon has part water has number of find has definition has chondrule mean diameter has petrology

chondrite in volume % in weight % in volume % usually plagioclase tectosilicate in weight % definition goes here in volume % 85.7 % of meteorite falls small sphere of about 1 mm diameter of formerly melted minerals 20461 kg definition goes here fine grained disequilibrium mixture of silicates, oxides, metal, sulfides and organic constituents in volume % which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism in weight % in weight % 1030 primitive undifferentiated stony meteorite formed as conglomerates containing chondrules, lack of secondary heating millimeters

primitive achondrite olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, metal with some troilite and some sodic plagioclase no chondrules ultrametamorphism, partial melting with some melt migration 7.1 % of meteorite falls 1606 kg 70 fine- to coarse-grained equigranular

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Subject	has metal abundance	has part mean Ni content of sulfide	has minerology	has refractory inclusion abundance	has distinguishing feature	has part feldspar	has part metal maximum bulk	has likely origin	has chondrule glass type	has homogeneity of olivine and low Ca pyroxene	has chondrule abundance	has relative abundance	has part chondrule	has total mass of find	has structural state of low Ca pyroxene	has part matrix	has matrix abundance	has petrologic type range	has part carbon	has part water	has number of find	has definition	has chondrule mean diameter	has petrology
chondrite	in volume %	in weight %		in volume %		usually plagioclase tectosilicate	in weight %			definition goes here	in volume %	85.7 % of meteorite falls	small sphere of about 1 mm diameter of formerly melted minerals	20461 kg	definition goes here	fine grained disequilibrium mixture of silicates, oxides, metal, sulfides and organic constituents	in volume %	which depends on degree of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism	in weight %	in weight %	1030	primitive undifferentiated stony meteorite formed as conglomerates containing chondrules, lack of secondary heating	millimeters
primitive achondrite			olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, metal with some troilite and some sodic plagioclase		no chondrules			ultrametamorphism, partial melting with some melt migration				7.1 % of meteorite falls		1606 kg							70			fine- to coarse-grained equigranular