Parsa vs Qingzhen

Chondrite that fell in Bihar, India, in 1942, studied for its primitive mineral assemblage as a record of early solar system chemistry.

Qingzhen is an EH3 enstatite chondrite meteorite that fell in Guizhou, China, in 1976. The EH designation places it among high-iron enstatite chondrites, while petrologic type 3 indicates comparatively limited thermal equilibration and the preservation of primitive textures. Its highly reduced mineral assemblage differs markedly from the oxidized material found in many other meteorite groups, maki...