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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Rock created or modified by impact of a meteorite</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Impactites_from_Monturaqui_Impact_Crater.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Impactites_from_Monturaqui_Impact_Crater.jpg/220px-Impactites_from_Monturaqui_Impact_Crater.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Impactites_from_Monturaqui_Impact_Crater.jpg/330px-Impactites_from_Monturaqui_Impact_Crater.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Impactites_from_Monturaqui_Impact_Crater.jpg/440px-Impactites_from_Monturaqui_Impact_Crater.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>An example of impactite on Earth (from <a href="/wiki/Monturaqui" title="Monturaqui">Monturaqui</a> impact crater, Chile)</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Impactite</b> is <a href="/wiki/Rock_(geology)" title="Rock (geology)">rock</a> created or modified by one or more impacts of a <a href="/wiki/Meteorite" title="Meteorite">meteorite</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Impactites are considered <a href="/wiki/Metamorphic_rock" title="Metamorphic rock">metamorphic rock</a>, because their <a href="/wiki/Protolith" title="Protolith">source materials</a> were modified by the heat and pressure of the impact.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On Earth, impactites consist primarily of modified terrestrial material, sometimes with pieces of the original meteorite.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Creation">Creation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Impactite&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Creation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When a large meteorite hits a planet, it can radically deform the rocks and <a href="/wiki/Regolith" title="Regolith">regolith</a> that it hits. The heat, pressure, and shock of the impact changes these materials into impactite.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Only very massive impacts generate the heat and pressure needed to transform a rock, so impactites are created rarely.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characteristics">Characteristics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Impactite&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Impactite includes <a href="/wiki/Shock_metamorphism" title="Shock metamorphism">shock-metamorphosed</a> target rocks, melts (<a href="/wiki/Suevite" title="Suevite">suevites</a>) and mixtures of the two, as well as sedimentary rocks with significant impact-derived components (shocked mineral grains, <a href="/wiki/Tektites" class="mw-redirect" title="Tektites">tektites</a>, anomalous geochemical signatures, etc.). In June 2015, NASA reported that <b>impact glass</b> has been detected on the planet <a href="/wiki/Mars" title="Mars">Mars</a>. Such material may contain preserved signs of <a href="/wiki/Life_on_Mars" title="Life on Mars">ancient life</a>—if life existed.<sup id="cite_ref-NASA-20150608_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NASA-20150608-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Impactites are generally classified into three groups: shocked rocks, impact melt, and impact breccias.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shocked_rock">Shocked rock</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Impactite&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Shocked rock"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shocked rocks have been transformed by <a href="/wiki/Shock_metamorphism" title="Shock metamorphism">shock metamorphism</a> caused by the impact. They include <a href="/wiki/Shatter_cone" title="Shatter cone">shatter cones</a> and high-pressure minerals, for example <a href="/wiki/Coesite" title="Coesite">coesite</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stishovite" title="Stishovite">stishovite</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Impact_melts">Impact melts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Impactite&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Impact melts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When a meteor strikes a planet's surface, the energy released from the impact can melt rock and soil into a liquid. The liquid then cools and becomes an impact melt.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If the liquid cools and hardens quickly into a solid, impact glass forms before the atoms have time to arrange into a <a href="/wiki/Crystal_lattice" class="mw-redirect" title="Crystal lattice">crystal lattice</a>. Impact glass can be dark brown, almost black, and partly transparent.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sometimes, the cooled liquid does form a crystal structure. In that case, it would still be considered an impact melt, but not an impact glass.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Impact_breccias">Impact breccias</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Impactite&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Impact breccias"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Impact_breccia_(Late_Cretaceous,_70.3_Ma;_Kara_Impact_Structure,_Polar_Urals,_Russia).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Impact_breccia_%28Late_Cretaceous%2C_70.3_Ma%3B_Kara_Impact_Structure%2C_Polar_Urals%2C_Russia%29.jpg/220px-Impact_breccia_%28Late_Cretaceous%2C_70.3_Ma%3B_Kara_Impact_Structure%2C_Polar_Urals%2C_Russia%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Impact_breccia_%28Late_Cretaceous%2C_70.3_Ma%3B_Kara_Impact_Structure%2C_Polar_Urals%2C_Russia%29.jpg/330px-Impact_breccia_%28Late_Cretaceous%2C_70.3_Ma%3B_Kara_Impact_Structure%2C_Polar_Urals%2C_Russia%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Impact_breccia_%28Late_Cretaceous%2C_70.3_Ma%3B_Kara_Impact_Structure%2C_Polar_Urals%2C_Russia%29.jpg/440px-Impact_breccia_%28Late_Cretaceous%2C_70.3_Ma%3B_Kara_Impact_Structure%2C_Polar_Urals%2C_Russia%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4712" data-file-height="4687" /></a><figcaption>Impact breccia from the Kara impact structure in Russia</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Breccia" title="Breccia">Breccia</a> is "a rock consisting of angular fragments cemented together".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An impact breccia is formed when a meteor shatters a rock and then cements it back together. Some breccias contain impact melts.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples_of_impactite">Examples of impactite</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Impactite&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Examples of impactite"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PIA19673-Mars-AlgaCrater-ImpactGlassDetected-MRO-20150608.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/PIA19673-Mars-AlgaCrater-ImpactGlassDetected-MRO-20150608.jpg/220px-PIA19673-Mars-AlgaCrater-ImpactGlassDetected-MRO-20150608.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/PIA19673-Mars-AlgaCrater-ImpactGlassDetected-MRO-20150608.jpg/330px-PIA19673-Mars-AlgaCrater-ImpactGlassDetected-MRO-20150608.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/PIA19673-Mars-AlgaCrater-ImpactGlassDetected-MRO-20150608.jpg/440px-PIA19673-Mars-AlgaCrater-ImpactGlassDetected-MRO-20150608.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1551" data-file-height="938" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/List_of_craters_on_Mars:_A-G" class="mw-redirect" title="List of craters on Mars: A-G">Alga crater</a> on <a href="/wiki/Mars" title="Mars">Mars</a> is a possible site for preserved <a href="/wiki/Life_on_Mars" title="Life on Mars">ancient life</a>, after detection of an impact glass deposit.<sup id="cite_ref-NASA-20150608_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NASA-20150608-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Impactite has been found, for example, at the following impact craters and structures: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alamo_bolide_impact" title="Alamo bolide impact">Alamo bolide impact</a> (Late Devonian), Nevada, United States</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_craters_on_Mars:_A-G" class="mw-redirect" title="List of craters on Mars: A-G">Alga crater</a> on the planet <a href="/wiki/Mars" title="Mars">Mars</a><sup id="cite_ref-NASA-20150608_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NASA-20150608-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barringer_crater" class="mw-redirect" title="Barringer crater">Barringer crater</a>, Arizona, United States<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlevoix_impact_structure" title="Charlevoix impact structure">Charlevoix impact structure</a>, Québec, Canada</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darwin_Crater" title="Darwin Crater">Darwin Crater</a>, Tasmania (source of <a href="/wiki/Darwin_glass" title="Darwin glass">Darwin glass</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Lappaj%C3%A4rvi" title="Lake Lappajärvi">Lake Lappajärvi</a>, Finland (source of <a href="/wiki/K%C3%A4rn%C3%A4ite" class="mw-redirect" title="Kärnäite">Kärnäite</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manicouagan_Reservoir" title="Manicouagan Reservoir">Manicouagan impact structure</a>, Québec, Canada</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neugrund_crater" title="Neugrund crater">Neugrund crater</a>, Estonia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C3%B6rdlinger_Ries" title="Nördlinger Ries">Nördlinger Ries</a> crater, Germany</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochechouart_impact_structure" title="Rochechouart impact structure">Rochechouart impact structure</a>, France</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stac_Fada_Member" title="Stac Fada Member">Stac Fada Member</a>, Scotland</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wabar_craters" title="Wabar craters">Wabar craters</a>, Saudi Arabia</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Impactite&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_meteoritics" title="Glossary of meteoritics">Glossary of meteoritics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meteorite_shock_stage" title="Meteorite shock stage">Meteorite shock stage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vitrified_sand" title="Vitrified sand">Vitrified sand</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Impactite&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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crater">Araguainha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaverhead_impact_structure" title="Beaverhead impact structure">Beaverhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boltysh_crater" title="Boltysh crater">Boltysh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carswell_impact_structure" title="Carswell impact structure">Carswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlevoix_impact_structure" title="Charlevoix impact structure">Charlevoix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay_impact_crater" title="Chesapeake Bay impact crater">Chesapeake Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicxulub_crater" title="Chicxulub crater">Chicxulub</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clearwater_Lakes" title="Clearwater Lakes">Clearwater East and West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gosses_Bluff_impact_structure" title="Gosses Bluff impact structure">Gosses Bluff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haughton_impact_crater" title="Haughton impact crater">Haughton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamensk_crater" title="Kamensk crater">Kamensk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kara_crater" title="Kara crater">Kara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karakul_(Tajikistan)" title="Karakul (Tajikistan)">Karakul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keurusselk%C3%A4" title="Keurusselkä">Keurusselkä</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Lappaj%C3%A4rvi" title="Lake Lappajärvi">Lappajärvi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logancha_crater" title="Logancha crater">Logancha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manicouagan_impact_structure" class="mw-redirect" title="Manicouagan impact structure">Manicouagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manson_impact_structure" title="Manson impact structure">Manson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mistastin_crater" title="Mistastin crater">Mistastin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mj%C3%B8lnir_crater" title="Mjølnir crater">Mjølnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montagnais_crater" title="Montagnais crater">Montagnais</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morokweng_impact_structure" title="Morokweng impact structure">Morokweng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C3%B6rdlinger_Ries" title="Nördlinger Ries">Nördlinger Ries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obolon%27_crater" title="Obolon' crater">Obolon'</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popigai_impact_structure" title="Popigai impact structure">Popigai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presqu%27%C3%AEle_crater" title="Presqu'île crater">Presqu'île</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puchezh-Katunki_crater" title="Puchezh-Katunki crater">Puchezh-Katunki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochechouart_impact_structure" title="Rochechouart impact structure">Rochechouart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Martin_impact_structure" title="Saint Martin impact structure">Saint Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoemaker_impact_structure" title="Shoemaker impact structure">Shoemaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siljan_Ring" title="Siljan Ring">Siljan Ring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slate_Islands_(Ontario)" title="Slate Islands (Ontario)">Slate Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steen_River_impact_structure" title="Steen River impact structure">Steen River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strangways_crater" title="Strangways crater">Strangways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudbury_Basin" title="Sudbury Basin">Sudbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tookoonooka_impact_structure" title="Tookoonooka impact structure">Tookoonooka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunnunik_impact_structure" title="Tunnunik impact structure">Tunnunik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vredefort_impact_structure" title="Vredefort impact structure">Vredefort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodleigh_impact_structure" title="Woodleigh impact structure">Woodleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yarrabubba_impact_structure" title="Yarrabubba impact structure">Yarrabubba</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#c8b890;;width:1%">Topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alvarez_hypothesis" title="Alvarez hypothesis">Alvarez 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title="Enstatite chondrite">Enstatite</a> <ul><li>EH</li> <li>EL</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chondrite#Kakangari_chondrites" title="Chondrite">Kakangari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ordinary_chondrite" title="Ordinary chondrite">Ordinary</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/H_chondrite" title="H chondrite">H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L_chondrite" title="L chondrite">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LL_chondrite" title="LL chondrite">LL</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chondrite#Rumuruti_chondrites" title="Chondrite">Rumuruti</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Achondrite" title="Achondrite">Achondrite</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Primitive_achondrite" title="Primitive 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style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Martian_meteorite" title="Martian meteorite">Martian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Africa_7034" title="Northwest Africa 7034">Basaltic Breccia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Africa_7034" title="Northwest Africa 7034">NWA 7034</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chassignites" class="mw-redirect" title="Chassignites">Chassignites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaidun_meteorite" title="Kaidun meteorite">Kaidun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakhlite" title="Nakhlite">Nakhlites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orthopyroxenite" title="Orthopyroxenite">Orthopyroxenite</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allan_Hills_84001" title="Allan Hills 84001">ALH84001</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martian_meteorite#Shergottites" title="Martian meteorite">Shergottites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Martian_meteorites" title="List of Martian meteorites">Martian meteorites list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_meteorites_on_Mars" class="mw-redirect" title="List of meteorites on Mars">Meteorites on Mars list</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Iron_meteorite" title="Iron meteorite">Iron</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>IC</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IIAB_meteorites" title="IIAB meteorites">IIAB</a></li> <li>IIC</li> <li>IID</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IIE_iron_meteorite" title="IIE iron meteorite">IIE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IIG_meteorite" title="IIG meteorite">IIG</a></li> <li>IIIAB</li> <li>IIIE</li> <li>IIIF</li> <li>IVA</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IVB_meteorite" title="IVB meteorite">IVB</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Stony-iron_meteorite" title="Stony-iron meteorite">Stony-iron</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mesosiderite" title="Mesosiderite">Mesosiderite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pallasite" title="Pallasite">Pallasite</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pallasite_main_group" title="Pallasite main group">Main group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eagle_Station_group" title="Eagle Station group">Eagle Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyroxene_pallasite_grouplet" title="Pyroxene pallasite grouplet">Pyroxene</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Structural</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ataxite" title="Ataxite">Ataxite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hexahedrite" title="Hexahedrite">Hexahedrite</a></li> <li><a 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known weight">TKW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meteorite_weathering" title="Meteorite weathering">weathering</a></li></ul></li> <li>Grains <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chondrule" title="Chondrule">chondrule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presolar_grains" title="Presolar grains">presolar</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_meteorite_minerals" title="List of meteorite minerals">Minerals</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calcium%E2%80%93aluminium-rich_inclusion" title="Calcium–aluminium-rich inclusion">Ca–Al-rich inclusion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extraterrestrial_materials" title="Extraterrestrial materials">extraterrestrial materials</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meteoric_iron" title="Meteoric iron">meteoric iron</a></li></ul></li> <li>Patterns <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neumann_lines" title="Neumann lines">Neumann lines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Widmanst%C3%A4tten_pattern" title="Widmanstätten pattern">Widmanstätten</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CI1_fossils" title="CI1 fossils">CI1 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