- are
believed to have
formed more
recently than
chondrites.
There are
currently over 27,000
chondrites in the world's collections. The
largest individual...
-
Carbonaceous chondrites or C
chondrites are a
class of
chondritic meteorites comprising at
least 8
known groups and many
ungrouped meteorites. They include...
- The LL
chondrites are a
group of
stony meteorites, the
least abundant group of the
ordinary chondrites,
accounting for
about 10–11% of
observed ordinary-chondrite...
- The
ordinary chondrites (sometimes
called the O
chondrites) are a
class of
stony chondritic meteorites. They are by far the most
numerous group, comprising...
-
chondrites. The
ordinary chondrites are
thought to have
originated from
three parent asteroids,
whose fragments make up the H
chondrite, L
chondrite and...
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Enstatite chondrites (E-type
chondrites) are a rare form of meteorite, rich in the
mineral enstatite. Only
about 200 E-Type
chondrites are currently[when...
-
relative to the
ordinary chondrites; some
Enstatite and
Ureilite meteorites may have more
carbon than C-
chondrites. Still, all C-
chondrites are distinguished...
- CI
chondrites, also
called C1
chondrites or Ivuna-type
carbonaceous chondrites, are a
group of rare
carbonaceous chondrite, a type of
stony meteorite...
-
ordinary chondrites. The
ordinary chondrites are
thought to have
originated from
three parent asteroids, with the
fragments making up the H
chondrite, L chondrite...
- CI
chondrites which, paradoxically, do not
contain any
chondrules despite their designation as
chondrites,
whereas ordinary and
enstatite chondrites contain...
