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(See: achondrite)Differentiation \u2013 usually the process of a planetesimal forming an iron core and silicate mantle.Duo \u2013 a grouping of two meteorites that share similar characteristics (see Grouplet).E \u2013 can refer to enstatite chondrite or to an iron meteorite designation (Roman numeral and letter).Eagle Station grouplet \u2013 a set of pallasite meteorite specimen that do not fit into any of the defined pallasite groups.Electrophonic bolide \u2013 a meteoroid which produces a measurable discharge of electromagnetic energy (EMP) during its passage through the atmosphere.Enstatite achondrite \u2013 a meteorite that is mostly composed of enstatite. Usually part of the aubrite group.Enstatite chondrite \u2013 a rare form of meteorite thought to comprise only 2% of chondrites.Fall \u2013 a meteorite that was seen while it fell to Earth and found.Find \u2013  a meteorite that was found without seeing it fall.Fossil meteorite \u2013 a meteorite that was buried under layers of sediment before the start of the Quaternary period. Some or all of the original cosmic material has been replaced by diagenetic minerals.[3]:\u200a320\u200a (It is, however, not a fossil).Fusion crust \u2013 a coating on meteorites that forms during their passage through the atmosphere.Group \u2013 a collection of five or more meteorites sharing similar characteristics.[1]Grouplet \u2013 a collection of fewer than five meteorites sharing similar characteristics.[1]Hammer Stone \u2013 a specific individual meteorite that has hit either a human, man-made object, and\/or an animal.HED \u2013 abbreviation for three basaltic achondrite groups howardite, eucrite and diogenite.HED meteorite \u2013 a clan of basaltic achondrites.Hexahedrite \u2013 a structural class of iron meteorites having a relatively low nickel contentHunter \u2013 a person who searches for meteorites.Impact breccia \u2013 rock composed of fragments of terrestrial, extraterrestrial or mixed origin fused by the energy of impactImpactite \u2013 informal term for a terrestrial rock resulting from the shocking impact of a meteor.Iron\u2013nickel alloy \u2013 an alternative expression for meteoric iron.Iron meteorite \u2013 a meteorite that is mainly composed of meteoric iron.Nakhlite \u2013 a group of Martian meteoritesNeumann lines (or Neumann bands) \u2013 a pattern of fine parallel lines seen in some iron meteorites, thought to be due to impact events on the parent bodyNonmagmatic meteorite \u2013 (deprecated) iron meteorites that were thought to have not formed by igneous processes.O \u2013 usually refers to ordinary chondriteObserved fall \u2013 a meteorite that was seen when it fell to Earth.Octahedrite \u2013 the most common structural class of iron meteorites.Ordinary chondrite \u2013 a chondrite meteorite, where ‘ordinary’ means that it is the most common found  Taenite \u2013 a native metal (mineral) found in meteorites.Tamdakht \u2013 a meteorite that fell near Ouarzazate, Morocco on 2008-12-20 producing a strewn field of approximately 25 km (16 mi) by 2 km (1.2 mi) and two small impact craters.Tektite \u2013 glassy terrestrial debris created by meteorite impacts.Total known weight (TKW) \u2013 total known mass of a meteorite.Trio \u2013 a grouping of three meteorites that share similar characteristics (see Grouplet).Type \u2013 subdivision of meteorites. Loosely defined. Usually refers to chondrite, achondrite and sometimes primitive achondrite.[1]References[edit]^ a b c d e M. K. Weisberg; T. J. McCoy, A. N. Krot (2006). “Systematics and Evaluation of Meteorite Classification” (PDF).  In D. S. Lauretta; H. Y. McSween, Jr. (eds.). Meteorites and the early solar system II. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. pp.\u00a019\u201352, 942. ISBN\u00a0978-0816525621. Retrieved 15 December 2012.^ McSween, Harry Y. (2021). Cosmochemistry. Gary R. Huss. Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN\u00a0978-1-108-88526-3. OCLC\u00a01259294621.^ Schmitz, B.; Tassinari, M. (2001), “Fossil Meteorites”,  in Peucker-Ehrenbrink, B.; Schmitz, B. (eds.), Accretion of Extraterrestrial Matter Throughout Earth’s History, New York: Springer, pp.\u00a0319\u201331, doi:10.1007\/978-1-4419-8694-8_17, ISBN\u00a0978-1-4613-4668-5^ Agee, C. B.; N.V. Wilson; F.M. McCubbin; Z.D. Sharp; K. Ziegler (2012). “Basaltic Breccia NWA 7034: New ungrouped planetary Achondrite” (PDF). 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (1659): 2690. Bibcode:2012LPI….43.2690A. Retrieved 4 January 2013.^ Goldstein, J. I.; Michael, J. R. (1 April 2006). “The formation of plessite in meteoritic metal”. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. 41 (4): 553\u201370. Bibcode:2006M&PS…41..553G. doi:10.1111\/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00482.x.^ “regmaglypts”. Meteorite or Meteorwrong?. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2013.^ “The Weston Meteorite (Yale Peabody Museum)”. 7 December 2010.       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