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PyroxeneA class of silicate (SiO3) minerals that form a solid solution between iron and magnesium [...]

Iron, IIG (Compositionally linked to group IIAB) Found 1859 32° 14′ N., 88° 12′ W. [...]

Iron, IIIA, octahedriteMost Common type of iron meteorite, composed mainly of taenite and kamacite and [...]

MesosideriteOne of two main types of stony-iron meteorite, the other being pallasites. Mesosiderites are a [...]

TEKTITES AND OTHER IMPACT-RELATED MATERIAL left to right and top to bottom: Quiongshan, Hainan, China [...]

Primitive AchondriteAchondrite with an almost chondritic composition with age similar to the primordial chondrites. These [...]

C2-ungrouped Fell January 18, 2000 59° 42′ 15.7′ N., 134° 12′ 4.9′ E. Several hundred [...]

Diogenite OrthopyroxeniteA rock composed primarily of orthopyroxene. Non-terrestrial orthopyoxenites include diogenites and a single martian [...]

PallasiteOne of two main classes of stony-iron meteorite, the other being mesosiderites. Pallasites are igneous [...]

Iron, IAB complex, sLH subgroup Found 1853 36° 26′ N., 83° 45′ W. A mass [...]

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