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Karoonda
Karoonda is a carbonaceous chondrite that fell near Karoonda in South Australia in 1930. Classified as CK4, it is the type specimen from which the CK meteorite group takes its name. CK chondrites are distinguished by strongly oxidized mineralogy and evidence of thermal metamorphism, making Karoonda an important reference material for classifying related meteorites and investigating alteration with...
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Orgueil
Orgueil is a CI1 carbonaceous chondrite meteorite that fell near Orgueil in southern France on 14 May 1864. CI chondrites are chemically primitive, fine-grained rocks rich in hydrated minerals and organic compounds, and their nonvolatile elemental abundances closely resemble those measured in the solar photosphere. Because the material has undergone extensive alteration by water on its parent body...
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