Meteorites and Their Origins |
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The Iron Meteorites | 97 |
The Stonyiron Meteorites | 113 |
The Stony Meteorites | 127 |
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ablation accretion alloy associated asteroids ataxites Bencubbin breccia bronzite carbonaceous chondrites cent nickel Chapter chemical chemistry chond chondrites of type chondritic material chondrules collision comets common chondrites composition cosmic crater cryptic crystal crystallisation derived Earth Earth's atmosphere effects enclaves enstatite chondrites etched eucrite evidence fall favoured fireball fraction fragments fusion crust glass hexahedrites howardites Hughes for author hypersthene igneous rocks impact explosion impactite iron meteorites isotopic K. C. Hughes kamacite Krinov lunar Mason melt mesosiderites metal meteorite mass meteoritic material meteoroid meteors mineral phases mineralogical moldavites Moon Mt Padbury nebula nickel-iron occur octahedrite olivine orbits origin pallasite parent body pigeonite plagioclase planet Plate polymict breccia pyroxene rites seems shatter cones shock shower Sikhot-Alin silicate solar system solidification stage stones stony meteorites stony-irons strewn field suggested surface taenite tektites temperature terrestrial texture theory thermal tion troilite ureilites Urey velocity volcanic Western Australia Widmanstätten pattern zone