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Stony-iron meteorites or siderolites are meteorites that consist of nearly equal parts of meteoric iron and silicates. This distinguishes them from the stony meteorites , that are mostly silicates, and the iron meteorites , that are mostly meteoric iron.
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Meteorites are often divided into three overall categories...
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Stony-iron meteorites consist of almost equal parts iron-nickel metal and silicate minerals including precious and semi-precious gemstones. They are considered some of the most beautiful meteorites. There are two different types of stony-iron meteorites: pallasite and mesosiderite. Pallasites.
A chondrite / ˈ k ɒ n d r aɪ t / is a stony (non-metallic) meteorite that has not been modified, by either melting or differentiation of the parent body. They are formed when various types of dust and small grains in the early Solar System accreted to form primitive asteroids.
Stony-Iron Meteorites. The least abundant of the three main types, the stony-irons, account for less than 2% of all known meteorites. They are comprised of roughly equal amounts of nickel-iron and stone and are divided into two groups: pallasites and mesosiderites.
An achondrite is a stony meteorite that does not contain chondrules. It consists of material similar to terrestrial basalts or plutonic rocks and has been differentiated and reprocessed to a lesser or greater degree due to melting and recrystallization on or within meteorite parent bodies.
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