Earth Sciences 1086F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Incandescence, Petrographic Microscope, Achondrite
5 Aug 2020
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How representative of the sources are the samples: the sources of the meteorites that we have found on earth are from the moon and. A meteorite called a find is exactly what you"d expect: you more or less stumble across it and you have no information of when it got there. Which is the most commonly found on earth: the least sophisticated classification of meteorites is irons, stony-irons, and stones-according to the very general mineral content as it describes what you see when you look at the meteorite. Irons consist almost entirely of iron + nickel metal alloys 6% Stony-irons are clearly a nearly 50-50 mix of the same metal alloys and a non- metallic silicate/oxide material that looks like ordinary stone"; 1% Stones are almost entirely the latter material. (most common) 93: within the stones category, what is the difference between chondrites and achondrites, stones are further subdivided into many groups.
