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Meteorite weathering information


Two children are sitting within the corrosion grooves of the Willamette meteorite. Considerable mass has been lost to terrestrial weathering.
A Sikhote-Alin meteorite with visible rust.

Meteorite weathering is the terrestrial alteration of a meteorite. Most meteorites date from the oldest times in the Solar System and are by far the oldest material available on our planet. Despite their age, they are vulnerable to the terrestrial environment. Water, chlorine and oxygen attack meteorites as soon as they reach the ground.

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Meteorite weathering

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Meteorite weathering is the terrestrial alteration of a meteorite. Most meteorites date from the oldest times in the Solar System and are by far the oldest...

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Weathering

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snow, wind, waves and gravity. Weathering processes are divided into physical and chemical weathering. Physical weathering involves the breakdown of rocks...

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Meteorite

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K. Benedix, M. A. Sephton. "Weathering of Chondritic Meteorites" Heck, Philipp (12 November 2014). "Fossil Meteorites Arrive at The Field Museum". Field...

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Hoba meteorite

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The Hoba (/ˈhoʊbə/ HOH-bə) meteorite is named after the farm Hoba West, where it lies, not far from Grootfontein, in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia...

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Meteorite fall

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A meteorite fall, also called an observed fall, is a meteorite collected after its fall from outer space was observed by people or automated devices. Any...

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Willamette Meteorite

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Meteorite, officially named Willamette and originally known as Tomanowos by the Clackamas Chinook Native American tribe, is an iron-nickel meteorite found...

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Martian meteorite

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other meteorite types. Among these differences were younger formation ages, a different oxygen isotopic composition, the presence of aqueous weathering products...

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Iron meteorite

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Iron meteorites, also called siderites or ferrous meteorites, are a type of meteorite that consist overwhelmingly of an iron–nickel alloy known as meteoric...

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Weather radar

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possible to identify falling meteorites in weather radar imagery. This is especially useful for meteorite recovery, as weather radars are part of widespread...

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Muonionalusta

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muonionalustaite, a hydrated nickel chloride, was first found as a weathering product from a meteorite sample. The name Muonionalusta is Finnish: it comes from...

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Nantan meteorite

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The Nantan meteorite is an iron meteorite that belongs to the IAB group and the MG (main group) subgroup. In 2000, pieces of the meteorite were included...

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Meteorite shock stage

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much sought after by collectors. Glossary of meteoritics Meteorite classification Meteorite weathering Shock metamorphism "Some Fundamentals of Common...

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Meteorite find

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therefore could have been subject to varying amounts of weathering. Finds are distinguished from "meteorite falls", which are those which were observed during...

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Space weathering

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Space weathering is the type of weathering that occurs to any object exposed to the harsh environment of outer space. Bodies without atmospheres (including...

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Tissint meteorite

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influence of in situ Martian weathering can be distinguished from terrestrial contamination in the meteorite. The Martian weathering features in Tissint are...

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Cape York meteorite

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The Cape York meteorite, also known as the Innaanganeq meteorite, is one of the largest known iron meteorites, classified as a medium octahedrite in chemical...

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Allan Hills 84001

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fragment of a Martian meteorite that was found in the Allan Hills in Antarctica on December 27, 1984, by a team of American meteorite hunters from the ANSMET...

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W4

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Mark 4 nuclear bomb W4, complete oxidation of metal, a degree of meteorite weathering WLLZ (FM), a radio station in Detroit, USA, known as W4 from 1966...

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Buzzard Coulee meteorite

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chondrite H4 with a shock stage S2 and a weathering grade W0. Astronomy portal Glossary of meteoritics Meteoritical Bulletin Database: Buzzard Coulee "Massive...

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Chondrite

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Geiger, T. (1995). "Meteorites for the Sahara: Find locations, shock classification, degree of weathering and pairing". Meteoritics. 30 (1): 113–122. Bibcode:1995Metic...

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Meteorite fall statistics

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Some meteorite types are easier to find than others. Some meteorite types are degraded by weathering more quickly than others. Some meteorites, especially...

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Chelyabinsk meteorite

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The Chelyabinsk meteorite (Russian: Челябинский метеорит, Chelyabinskii meteorit) is the fragmented remains of the large Chelyabinsk meteor of 15 February...

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W5

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radio source in the Westerhout 5 nebula W5, in the classification of meteorite weathering DSC-W5, a Sony Cyber-shot camera Eutelsat W5, a telecommunications...

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Impact event

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ground to become meteorites. An estimated 500 meteorites reach the surface each year, but only 5 or 6 of these typically create a weather radar signature...

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Meteor Crater

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several earlier names, and fragments of the meteorite are officially called the Canyon Diablo Meteorite, after the adjacent Canyon Diablo. Meteor Crater...

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Yamato 000593

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of Polar Research reported in 2003 that the meteorite contains iddingsite, which forms from the weathering of basalt in the presence of liquid water. In...

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Pallasite

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The pallasites are a class of stony–iron meteorite. They are relatively rare, and can be distinguished by the presence of large olivine crystal inclusions...

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Winchcombe meteorite

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The Winchcombe meteorite is a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite that was observed entering the Earth's atmosphere as a fluorescent green fireball over...

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